Key West International Airport

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Coordinates: 24°33′22″N 081°45′34″W / 24.55611, -81.75944

Key West International Airport

IATA: EYW – ICAO: KEYW – FAA: EYW
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Monroe County
Serves		Key West, Florida
Elevation AMSL		3 ft / 1 m
Website		monroecounty-fl.gov/...
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	4,801	1,463	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			94,408
Based aircraft			43
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Key West International Airport (IATA: EYW, ICAO: KEYW, FAA LID: EYW) is a county-owned public airport located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district of Key West, in Monroe County, Florida, United States.^[1]

The IATA code starts from the second letter of the name (Key West) because initial "K" is a reserved block; the ICAO code restores the K in the identification as "K" is the first position ICAO code used for airports located in the Continental United States. Flights departing from EYW often have strict weight or baggage restrictions due to the short length of the runway.

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

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Key West International Airport covers an area of 255 acres (103 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (9/27) measuring 4,801 x 100 ft (1,463 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 94,408 aircraft operations, an average of 258 per day: 51% general aviation, 29% air taxi, 14% military and 6% scheduled commercial. There are 43 aircraft based at this airport: 70% single-engine, 28% multi-engine and 2% jet.^[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Conch Republic sign at the Key West International Airport

American Airlines
- American Eagle operated by Executive Air (Miami)
Continental Airlines
- Continental Connection operated by Cape Air (Fort Myers)
- Continental Connection operated by Gulfstream International Airlines (Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Tampa, West Palm Beach)
DayJet (nonstop service to Jacksonville, Lakeland, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Gainesville, Boca Raton, Opa-Locka/Miami Dade County, Naples, Sarasota/Bradenton, Savannah, Macon, and Montgomery with more nonstop cities being added)
Delta Air Lines
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
- Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Orlando)
Seaplanes of Key West (Dry Tortugas)
US Airways
- US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Fort Lauderdale, Orlando) [seasonal]
- US Airways Express operated by Republic Airways (Fort Lauderdale, Orlando [Saturdays only]
Vintage Props and Jets (Fort Lauderdale, Naples) [seasonal]
Yellow Air Taxi (Naples, Ft. Lauderdale)