Tyler Pounds Regional Airport

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Tyler Pounds Regional Airport
IATA: TYR - ICAO: KTYR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Tyler
Serves		Tyler, Texas
Elevation AMSL		544 ft (165 m)
Coordinates		32°21′15.165″N, 95°24′08.709″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	7,199	2,194	Asphalt
17/35	4,859	1,481	Asphalt
13/31	5,201	1,585	Asphalt

Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (IATA: TYR, ICAO: KTYR) is an airport located six miles west of Tyler, Texas (USA). The airport currently has three paved runways. In recent years, the airport has been expanding in order to meet goals outlined within "The Tyler Master Plan." On August 17, 2002, the airport opened a new terminal building, which doubled the available space.

American Eagle and Continental Connection currently offer service to and from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, in Dallas, and George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston.

American Eagle announced it would be cutting flights to Tyler from eight per day to four per day in protest for the city of Tyler not taking the side of American Airlines in the battle over the Wright Amendment that involves Southwest Airlines hub in Dallas, Love Field Airport.

Continental Connection announced that it will be adding a daily flight to Tyler from George Bush Intercontinental Airport that will begin the same month as American Eagle plans to cut service from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

More airlines are expected to establish routes to Tyler in the near future.

Tyler Pounds Regional is a large center for General Aviation. The airport has three public parking lots for General Aviation arrivals.

The Historic Aviation Memorial Museum (HAMM), a large aviation museum at the airport rented and moved into the old terminal building that has been closed since 2002.