Idaho Falls Regional Airport

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Idaho Falls Regional Airport (Fanning Field)

IATA: IDA - ICAO: KIDA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Idaho Falls
Serves		Idaho Falls, Idaho
Elevation AMSL		4,740 ft (1444.8 m)
Coordinates		43°30′49.4″N, 112°04′14.7″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
2/20	9,002	2,744	Asphalt
17/35	4,051	1,235	Asphalt

Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IATA: IDA, ICAO: KIDA), formerly known as Fanning Field, is a public airport located in the northwest part of Idaho Falls, in Bonneville County, Idaho, USA. The airport has two runways. The airport terminal has been expanded twice and partially re-built once. The current terminal was built in 1959, expanded in 1982 and the boarding area torn down and retrofitted to accommodate smaller aircraft with jet ways in the mid-2000s (the previous layout was designed for 737s, which stopped arriving in Idaho Falls after Delta discontinued service in 2002).

1 Airlines
2 Service History
3 Food and Beverage Service
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Airlines

Alaska Airlines
- Horizon Air (Boise, Bozeman, Seattle/Tacoma [begins October 25])
Allegiant Air (Las Vegas)
Delta Air Lines
- Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
Northwest Airlines
- Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
United Airlines
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Denver)

[edit] Service History

Horizon Air tried running non-stop service between Idaho Falls, Idaho and Seattle starting in 2003 with their larger Q400 planes that hold 70 passengers,^[1] but discontinued the service in 2004.^[2]. However, it will reinstate non-stop flights to Seattle beginning October 25th of 2008.

Delta Air Lines discontinued mainline 737 service to Salt Lake City in 2002.

[edit] Food and Beverage Service

The airport has a restaurant and lounge, named Kathryn's. The restaurant serves basic American fare and is traditionally open for breakfasts and lunches Monday through Saturday. At other times, sundries and basic food are available at Kathryn's Snack Shack, however there are no food or beverage services beyond the security checkpoint.

The airport has struggled to maintain a restaurant operator in the past. The restaurant has previously been "Das Kinder Haus" which served German food, "Dolores' Place" operated by local restaurant critic Dolores Casella, and "Runway 21" which tried to be an upscale steak house and coffee shop. The restaurant has been remodeled once in the 1980s.