Abilene Regional Airport

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For the airport serving Abilene, Kansas, see Abilene Municipal Airport.

Coordinates: 32°24′41″N 099°40′55″W / 32.41139, -99.68194

Abilene Regional Airport
IATA: ABI – ICAO: KABI – FAA: ABI
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner/Operator		City of Abilene
Serves		Abilene, Texas
Elevation AMSL		1,791 ft / 546 m
Website		www.AbileneTX.com/Airport/
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	3,678	1,121	Asphalt
17L/35R	7,198	2,194	Asphalt
17R/35L	7,202	2,195	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			78,462
Based aircraft			98
Sources: airport web site^[1] and FAA^[2]

Abilene Regional Airport (IATA: ABI, ICAO: KABI, FAA LID: ABI) is a public airport located three statute miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Abilene, a city in Taylor County, Texas, United States.^[2] It is within the Abilene city limits and owned and operated by the City of Abilene.^[1]

The airport is mostly used for general and military aviation, but is also served by two commercial airlines. American Eagle Airlines and Continental Connection operate daily flights to Dallas-Ft. Worth and Houston, respectively. Allegiant Airlines recently discontinued its twice-weekly flights to Las Vegas in February 2008. American Eagle also operates a maintenance facility here, and it also is the current storage facility for American Eagle's propeller fleet, which it is phasing out and replacing with regional jets.

Historically, Trans-Texas Airways which later became Texas International had prop-jet service from Amarillo and Lubbock as well as DC-9 jet service to Dallas Love Field and then DFW. The original Frontier Airlines served Abilene via Midland for a short time in 1985 with a 737.

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Airlines and destinations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Abilene Regional Airport covers an area of 1,686 acres (682 ha) which contains three asphalt paved runways: 4/22 measuring 3,678 x 100 ft. (1,121 x 30 m), 17L/35R measuring 7,198 x 150 ft. (2,194 x 46 m), and 17R/35L measuring 7,202 x 150 ft. (2,195 x 46 m).^[2]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 78,462 aircraft operations, an average of 214 per day: 50% general aviation, 32% military, 18% air taxi and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 98 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 16% multi-engine, 5% jet and 1% helicopter.^[2]