East Texas Regional Airport

East Texas Regional Airport
IATA: GGG – ICAO: KGGG – FAA LID: GGG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Gregg County
Serves	Longview, Texas
Elevation AMSL	365 ft / 111 m
Coordinates	32°23′02″N 094°42′41″W / 32.38389°N 94.71139°W / 32.38389; -94.71139Coordinates: 32°23′02″N 094°42′41″W / 32.38389°N 94.71139°W / 32.38389; -94.71139
Website	www.FlyGGG.com
Map
GGG Location of airport in Texas
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 10,000 3,048 Asphalt 18/36 6,109 1,862 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 74,950 Based aircraft 99
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

East Texas Regional Airport (IATA: GGG, ICAO: KGGG, FAA LID: GGG) is a county owned, public use airport located eight nautical miles (9 mi, 15 km) south of the central business district of Longview, in Gregg County, Texas, United States.^[1] Its IATA identifier "GGG" comes from its prior name, Gregg County Airport. The airport is mostly used for general aviation and military training operations, but scheduled airline service to Dallas/Fort Worth is provided by American Airlines/American Eagle.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 24,835 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,^[2] 24,944 enplanements in 2009, and 21,830 in 2010.^[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).^[4]

East Texas Regional is also home to LeTourneau University's School of Aeronautical Science. LeTourneau constitutes a very large portion of the airport's traffic and has a fleet of airplanes ranging from Cessna 172s to Citabrias and Diamond DA-42 Twinstars. Most LeTourneau aircraft have tail numbers ending in "LU". All airplanes use the call sign "Jacket" (three letter- JKA).^[5]

Each summer the airport plays host to the Great Texas Balloon Race, a volunteer-run weekend event held annually since 1980.^[6]

History

In 2007 the airport was awarded a $6.5 million Airport Improvement Program grant to accomplish major updates to the facility.^[7] Included among the projects were the resurfacing of Runway 13/31, as well as the relocation of the ILS glideslope & MALSR due to the creation of an 800' displaced threshold on Runway 13 to comply with FAA runway safety area standards. Additionally, former taxiway H (at the intersection of 18/36 and 13/31) was demolished after being identified as a potential "hot spot" for runway incursions.^[8] The improvements were completed in 2009.

Runway 13/31 was also a stand-by recovery point for the Space Shuttle Program.

Facilities and aircraft

East Texas Regional Airport covers an area of 1,300 acres (526 ha) at an elevation of 365 feet (111 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 10,000 by 150 feet (3,048 x 46 m) and 18/36 is 6,109 by 150 feet (1,862 x 46 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2011, the airport had 74,950 aircraft operations, an average of 205 per day: 91% general aviation, 6% military, 2% air taxi, and 1% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 99 aircraft based at this airport: 58% single-engine, 23% multi-engine, 18% jet, and 1% helicopter.^[1]

There are two fixed base operators (FBOs) on the field: Stebbins Aviation and KRS Jet Center.^[9]

Airlines and destinations

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