Show Low Regional Airport

Show Low Regional Airport
IATA: SOWICAO: KSOWFAA LID: SOW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Show Low
Serves Show Low, Arizona
Elevation AMSL 6,415 ft / 1,955 m
Coordinates
Website ci.show-low.az.us/...
Map
SOW
Location of airport in Arizona
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 7,200 2,195 Asphalt
3/21 3,937 1,200 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 12,833
Based aircraft 44
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Show Low Regional Airport (IATA: SOWICAO: KSOWFAA LID: SOW) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) east of the central business district of the City of Show Low, in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.[1] It is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).[2] As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 5,325 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 4,470 enplanements in 2009, and 3,080 in 2010.[4]

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Facilities and aircraft

Show Low Regional Airport covers an area of 691 acres (280 ha) at an elevation of 6,415 feet (1,955 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 is 7,200 by 100 feet (2,195 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 3,937 by 60 feet (1,200 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2011, the airport had 12,833 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per day: 69% general aviation, 19% air taxi, 11% scheduled commercial, and 1% military. At that time there were 44 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, and 14% multi-engine.[1]

Airline and destination

Airlines offering scheduled non-stop service from this airport:

Airlines Destinations
Great Lakes Airlines Phoenix, Farmington, Denver

Statistics

Carrier shares (October 2010 – September 2011)[5]
Carrier Passengers (arriving and departing)
Great Lakes
7,210(100%)
Top domestic destinations (October 2010 – September 2011)[5]
Rank City Airport Passengers
1 Phoenix, AZ Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) 3,000
2 Denver, CO Denver International Airport (DEN) <1,000
3 Farmington, NM Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN) <1,000
4 Page, AZ Page Municipal Airport (PGA) <1,000

Notes

References

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 4409) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2011-3-4: re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to provide essential air service at Kingman, Page, Prescott, and Show Low, Arizona for the two-year period from May 1, 2011, to April 30, 2013, for a combined annual subsidy of $5,596,114.
    • Order 2009-8-5: re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to provide essential air service at Page and Show Low, Arizona, at annual subsidy rates of $1,995,273 and $1,407,255, respectively, and for a 19-month period from October 1, 2009, through April 30, 2011.
    • Order 2005-3-16: selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to provide essential air service at Kingman, Prescott, Page, and Show Low for a new two-year period, at a combined first-year subsidy of $3,840,959, and a combined second-year subsidy of $3,854,958.

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