Jackson Hole Airport

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Jackson Hole Airport
IATA: JAC - ICAO: KJAC
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Jackson Hole Airport Board
Serves Jackson, Wyoming
Elevation AMSL 6,451 ft (1,966.3 m)
Coordinates 43°36′26.4″N, 110°44′15.9″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 6,300 1,920 Asphalt

Jackson Hole Airport (IATA: JAC, ICAO: KJAC) is a single runway public airport located in Jackson, Teton County, Wyoming, USA. The airport is one of the only ones in the country inside a national park, in this case Grand Teton. A large fraction of air travellers headed to Grand Teton or nearby Yellowstone National Park and western Wyoming go through the airport. The airport has an unusual terminal building resembling a pioneer log cabin; this aesthetic design blends with the surrounding environment and serves to attract visitors.

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The airport was created in the 1930s as the best place to put an airport in Teton County. The airport was declared a national monument in 1943, and merged with Grand Teton National Park in 1950. In 1959 the runway was extended to its current length to better accommodate larger planes, especially the DC-3. In the 1960s and 1970s, the possibility of extending the runway to 8,000 feet to accommodate jet aircraft was considered. Strong opposition from the National Park Service over noise and other environmental effects prevented such an extension. However, development of better jet engines in the late 1970s made it possible to land jets on the existing runway. [1]

Aerial photo of airport

Map showing the airport

Closeup of airport map

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