Tri-State Airport

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Tri-State Airport
Milton J. Ferguson Field
USGS aerial image, 1995
IATA: HTS – ICAO: KHTS – FAA LID: HTS
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Tri-State Airport Authority
Serves Huntington, West Virginia
Elevation AMSL 828 ft / 252 m
Coordinates 38°22′01″N 082°33′31″W / 38.36694°N 82.55861°W / 38.36694; -82.55861Coordinates: 38°22′01″N 082°33′31″W / 38.36694°N 82.55861°W / 38.36694; -82.55861
Website TriStateAirport.com
Map
HTS
Location of airport in West Virginia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 7,016 2,138 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 13,306
Based aircraft 45
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Tri-State Airport (IATA: HTS, ICAO: KHTS, FAA LID: HTS) (Milton J. Ferguson Field) is a public airport in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States.[1] The airport is three miles south of Huntington, West Virginia,[1] near the cities of Ceredo and Kenova. Owned by the Tri-State Airport Authority,[1] it serves the cities of Huntington, Ashland, Kentucky, and Ironton, Ohio. It has heavy use for general aviation, and after the withdrawal of Delta Airlines in June 2012, is down to two commercial airlines, one of which provides nationwide connecting service.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 115,263 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2010, 10.9% more than 2009.[2] This airport is in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which called it a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[3]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers 1,300 acres (526 ha) at an elevation of 828 feet (252 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt runway, 12/30, 7,016 by 150 feet (2,138 x 46 m).[1]

In 2010 the airport had 13,306 aircraft operations, average 36 per day: 68% general aviation, 24% air taxi, 4% scheduled commercial, and 4% military. 45 aircraft were then based at this airport: 69% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, 11% jet, and 2% helicopter.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Allegiant Air Fort Lauderdale, Myrtle Beach, Orlando-Sanford, St. Petersburg/Clearwater
US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines Charlotte

Top destinations

Top domestic destinations out of HTS (February 2012 - January 2013) [4]
Rank City Airport Passengers Carriers
1 Charlotte, NC CLT 37,000 US Airways (non-stop)
Delta (via DTW)
2 Orlando, FL / Sanford, FL SFB 21,000 Allegiant (non-stop)
Delta (via DTW)
US Airways (via CLT)
3 St. Petersburg, FL / Clearwater, FL PIE 19,000 Allegiant (non-stop)
4 Fort Lauderdale, FL FLL 14,000 Allegiant (non-stop)
Delta (via DTW)
US Airways (via CLT)
5 Myrtle Beach, SC MYR 8,000 Allegiant (non-stop)
Delta (via DTW)
US Airways (via CLT)
6 Detroit, MI DTW 5,000 Delta (non-stop)
US Airways (via CLT)

Incidents

  • On the morning of August 5, 1987 a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 737-200 on a regularly scheduled flight struck deer after reaching V1 during the takeoff roll. One engine sustained damage and subsequently flamed out, and the aircraft immediately returned to the airport.[citation needed]
  • On June 16, 1994, a Fokker F28-4000 operated by USAir suffered a hard landing after which the right main landing gear collapsed. The jet slid to a stop causing significant damage to the aircraft and the runway. There were minor injuries during the landing and evacuation. The aircraft was repaired after several weeks at Tri-State and re-entered service later that year.[citation needed]
  • On January 8, 2003, Air Midwest Flight 5481 operating as US Airways Express Flight 5481 (N233YV), crashed at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, killing all 21 aboard. It was determined that the accident was caused primarily by the faulty adjustment of an elevator cable - work that was performed just 2 days earlier at a facility at Tri-State Airport - by a mechanic that had never worked on that type of aircraft.[6]
  • On August 17, 2006, Rima Qayyum, a woman of Pakistani origin residing within the US, was prevented from boarding a plane when it was found she had banned materials in her hand luggage. While these initially tested positive for explosive residue, subsequent analysis revealed that the liquids were harmless.[7] Later testing revealed that it was just water and soap [8] The woman had purchased a one-way ticket on a flight to Charlotte, North Carolina.[9] In 2008, Qayyum filed a federal lawsuit against US Airways for violating her civil rights.[10]
  • On January 30, 2009, a Piper PA-34-200T Seneca crashed in the vicinity of KHTS during a significant snow event. The pilot was attempting to divert to KHTS due to a fuel emergency. All six aboard were killed.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 FAA Airport Master Record for HTS (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011. 
  3. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. 
  4. ↑ "Tri-State/Milton J. Ferguson Field (HTS)". Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. May 2013. 
  5. ↑ "The Crash of Southern Airways Flight 932". Check-Six.com. 
  6. ↑ "Poor Maintenance Cited as Primary Cause of Air Midwest Crash". Air Safety Week. March 1, 2004. 
  7. ↑ "No bomb found in US airport alert". BBC. August 18, 2006. 
  8. ↑ "Bottles leading to airport closure held water, soap". Charleston Daily Mail. August 25, 2006. 
  9. ↑ "No explosives in US airport alert". BBC. August 18, 2006. 
  10. ↑ "Lawsuit filed in 2006 airport evacuation". Huntington Herald-Dispatch. September 4, 2008. 
  11. ↑ "Crash victims possibly from Chicago". Huntington Herald-Dispatch. February 1, 2009. 

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