Coeur d'Alene Airport
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Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field (Template:Comma separated entries) is a county-owned public-use airport, located in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is located Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of the central business district of Coeur d'Alene[1][2] and is surrounded by the city of Hayden on three sides.
The airport was known as Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal until September 2007, when it was renamed Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field to honor World War II multiple ace Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (1912–1988), a Medal of Honor recipient born in Coeur d'Alene.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
History
Built as Coeur d'Alene Municipal Airport in 1942 by the Corps of Engineers, it was equipped with two 5,400 ft x 500 ft. runways, the asphalt paving of which began in July 1942. A taxiway was also constructed, 5,400 ft. x 150 ft., but only paved to a width of 50 ft. The $357,729 paving contract was let to Roy S. Bair, of Spokane, Washington. A contract for electrical lighting for the field went to H. C. Moss, of Wenatchee, Washington, in the amount of $15,198.[9]
Facilities and aircraft
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For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 123,052 aircraft operations, an average of 337 per day: 77% general aviation, 22% air taxi, 1% military, and <1% airline. There were 294 aircraft based at this airport: 253 single-engine, 18 multi-engine, 12 jet, 5 helicopter, 4 ultralight and 2 glider.[2]
See also
References
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- ↑ Associated Press, "Work Is Rushed On Big Airport", The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Tuesday 9 June 1942, Volume 60, Number 26, page 7.
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External links
- Official site
- Coeur d'Alene Airport Association
- Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal at Idaho Transportation Department
- [1] at Federal Aviation Administration
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for COE
- AirNav airport information for KCOE
- ASN accident history for COE
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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