Huron Regional Airport

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Huron Regional Airport
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Airport terminal, March 2009
IATA: HONICAO: KHONFAA LID: HON
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Huron
Serves Huron, South Dakota
Elevation AMSL 1,289 ft / 393 m
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Website FlyHuron.com/
Map
HON is located in South Dakota
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Location of airport in South Dakota
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 7,201 2,195 Concrete
17/35 5,000 1,524 Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 13,452
Based aircraft 27

Huron Regional Airport (IATA: HONICAO: KHONFAA LID: HON) is a city owned, public airport in Huron, in Beadle County, South Dakota.[1] It hosts one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. It serves as a backup strip for Sioux Falls Regional Airport

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 2,365 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 2,170 in 2009 and 2,016 in 2010.[3] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[4]

History

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The airport was originally the W. W. Howes Municipal Airport, named in honor of William Washington Howes, First Assistant Postmaster General under Franklin Roosevelt. Howes brought airmail service to the Midwest. The airport hangar pictured, below, was named the W. W. Howes hangar in 1998 due to the efforts of Howes' grandson, Dr. Whiting Wicker.

Facilities and aircraft

The Hangar

Huron Regional Airport covers 1,235 acres (500 ha) at an elevation of 1,289 feet (393 m) above mean sea level. It has two concrete runways: 12/30 is 7,201 by 100 feet (2,195 x 30 m) and 17/35 is 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

In 2010 the airport had 13,452 aircraft operations, average 36 per day: 89% general aviation, 9% scheduled commercial, and 2% military. 27 aircraft were then based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, and 7% helicopter.[1]

Airline and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Great Lakes Airlines Minneapolis/St Paul, Pierre
Top destinations from HON
(Dec 2014 - Nov 2015)
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Rank Airport Passengers Airline
1 Denver, CO 650 Great Lakes
2 Minneapolis/St Paul, MN 180 Great Lakes

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for HON (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
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Other sources

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-2000-7138) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2004-7-5 (July 6, 2004): selects Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to continue providing subsidized essential air service at Pierre, and Air Midwest to provide subsidized essential air service at Brookings and Huron, for a two-year period. Great Lakes' service at Pierre is to consist of 12 weekly nonstop round trips to Denver with 19-seat Beech 1900-D aircraft, at an annual subsidy of $449,912. Air Midwest's service at Brookings and Huron is to consist of 12 weekly flights routed Huron-Brookings-Omaha-Brookings-Huron, with 19-seat Beech 1900-D aircraft, at an annual subsidy of $2,078,727.
    • Order 2006-8-11 (August 11, 2006): selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Brookings and Huron, South Dakota, consisting of two daily one-stop round trips to Denver International Airport, at annual subsidy rates of $1,212,400, and $793,733, respectively, beginning October 1, 2006.
    • Order 2008-7-34 (July 31, 2008): re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to continue to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Huron, South Dakota, for the two-year period beginning October 1, 2008, at the annual subsidy rate of $1,781,159.
    • Order 2010-8-12 (August 25, 2010): selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to continue providing subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Huron, South Dakota, for the two-year period beginning October 1, 2010, at the annual subsidy rate $1,742,886.

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