| St. Louis Regional Airport | |||
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| IATA: ALN – ICAO: KALN – FAA LID: ALN | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | St. Louis Regional | ||
| Serves | Alton, Illinois | ||
| Location | Bethalto, Illinois | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 544 ft / 166 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 11/29 | 8,101 | 2,469 | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 6,500 | 1,981 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 42,537 | ||
| Based aircraft | 102 | ||
| Sources: FAA[1] and airport web site[2] | |||
St. Louis Regional Airport (IATA: ALN, ICAO: KALN, FAA LID: ALN) is a public airport located four miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Alton, a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States.[1] It is located in the village of Bethalto,[3] but its mailing address is in East Alton.[2]
Its operations are paid for by an airport taxation district that was created in 1946, which collects taxes from property owners in the Madison County townships of Alton, Wood River, Foster and Fort Russell.[4]
The St. Louis metropolitan area is also served by Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in St. Louis, Missouri; MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Belleville, Illinois; St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, Illinois; and Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield, Missouri.[3]
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The airport was formerly known as Civic Memorial Airport when it opened in 1946 and later received its current name in 1984.[5]
In the spring of 2004, the airport was at the center of a scandal. At the time, its recently-retired manager Marion Richardson and other current and former employees were investigated for suspicion of misappropriation of airport property.[6]
The 2,250 acres (910 ha) airfield sits at 544 ft (166 m) MSL. It has an 8100 by 150 ft (2469 by 46 m) primary runway that runs roughly east-west (11/29) and a 6500 by 100 ft (1981 by 30 m) crosswind runway that runs north-south (17/35).[1] With an ILS instrument approach and tower-controlled class D airspace, the facility can accommodate aircraft as large as a Boeing 747.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 42,537 aircraft operations, an average of 116 per day: 93% general aviation, 4% air taxi, 3% military and <1% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 102 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 2% jet and 1% helicopter.[1]
West Star Aviation is the largest fixed base operations (FBO) company at the airport. In 2008, Premiere Air changed their name to West Star aviation and the company has remained since that time. The company provides a wide range of services from engine repair, interior and exterior paint services, avionics installation and repair, refurbishing, aircraft part sales, and airframe inspections. [7]
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