Miles City Airport

Miles City Airport
Frank Wiley Field
IATA: MLS – ICAO: KMLS – FAA LID: MLS
MLS
Location of the Montana
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Miles City
Serves Miles City, Montana
Elevation AMSL 2,630 ft / 802 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 5,624 1,714 Asphalt
4/22 5,680 1,731 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 11,200
Based aircraft 22
Sources: Airport[1] and FAA[2]

Miles City Airport[1] or Frank Wiley Field[2] (IATA: MLS, ICAO: KMLS, FAA LID: MLS) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of the central business district of Miles City, in Custer County, Montana, United States.[2] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3] It is also designated to receive commercial service subsidized by the federal Essential Air Service (EAS) program.

Scheduled air service at Miles City ended on March 8, 2008, when Big Sky Airlines (the designated EAS operator) ceased operation. Great Lakes Airlines has been given USDOT approval to take over EAS service between Miles City and Billings, Montana.[4] In June, 2011, Gulfstream International Airlines began serving Miles City, replacing Great Lakes.

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Facilities and aircraft

Frank Wiley Field covers an area of 1,640 acres (660 ha) at an elevation of 2,630 feet (802 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 is 5,624 by 100 feet (1,714 x 30 m) and 4/22 is 5,680 by 75 feet (1,731 x 23 m).[2]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2007, the airport had 11,200 aircraft operations, an average of 30 per day: 71% general aviation and 29% air taxi. At that time there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% multi-engine.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Gulfstream International Airlines Billings, Glendive

References

  1. ^ a b Miles City Airport (Frank Wiley Field) page at Miles City website
  2. ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Master Record for MLS (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  3. ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 3 (PDF, 1.28 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  4. ^ "Great Lakes prepares for Montana routes". Sidney Herald. December 30, 2007. http://www.sidneyherald.com/articles/2007/12/30/news/news01.txt. Retrieved February 3, 2008. 
  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 2605) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2008-7-9: approving alternate service pattern, Great Lakes Aviation changing communities' hub from Billings to Denver.
    • Order 2007-12-22: allowing Big Sky Transportation Co., d/b/a Big Sky Airlines, to suspend its subsidized essential air services at seven Montana communities on the date that Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., begins replacement service, and (b) selecting Great Lakes to provide those services at subsidy rates totaling $8,201,992 annually.

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