Laramie Regional Airport

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Coordinates: 41°18′43″N 105°40′30″W / 41.31194, -105.675

Laramie Regional Airport

IATA: LAR – ICAO: KLAR – FAA: LAR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Laramie Regional Airport Board
Serves		Laramie, Wyoming
Elevation AMSL		7,284 ft / 2,220 m
Website		www.LaramieAirport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	8,500	2,591	Asphalt
12/30	6,300	1,920	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			11,140
Based aircraft			38
Sources: airport web site^[1] and FAA^[2]

Laramie Regional Airport (IATA: LAR, ICAO: KLAR, FAA LID: LAR) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Laramie, a city in Albany County, Wyoming, United States. It is owned by the Laramie Regional Airport Board.^[2]

The area is home to many local businesses and both the University of Wyoming and the Wyoming Technical Institute. The airport has commercial flights to Denver, Colorado and Worland, Wyoming, but these flights account for less than one percent of all traffic at the airport; most planes that use the airport are privately-owned.^[2] The airport also plays an important fire fighting role. Commercial airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

1 History
2 Facilities and aircraft
3 Airline and destinations
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

From its creation in 1934 up until 1992, the airport was named Brees Field, after United States Army general Herbert Brees. In order to receive B-24 Bombers, the runways were first paved in 1944.^[3] This also made possible commercial service, which started in 1945. In 1959, the terminal building was built.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Laramie Regional Airport covers an area of 1,580 acres (639 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring 8,500 x 150 ft. (2,591 x 46 m) and 12/30 measuring 6,300 x 100 ft. (1,920 x 30 m).^[2]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2007, the airport had 11,140 aircraft operations, an average of 30 per day: 68% general aviation, 29% air taxi, 3% military and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 38 aircraft based at this airport: 74% single-engine, 21% multi-engine, 3% jet and 3% ultralight.^[2]