Range Regional Airport

Range Regional Airport
IATA: HIB – ICAO: KHIB – FAA LID: HIB
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Chisholm-Hibbing Airport
Serves Hibbing, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL 1,354 ft / 413 m
Coordinates 47°23′12″N 092°50′20″W / 47.38667°N 92.83889°WCoordinates: 47°23′12″N 092°50′20″W / 47.38667°N 92.83889°W
Website RangeRegionalAirport.com
Map
HIB

Location of airport in Minnesota

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 6,758 2,060 Asphalt
4/22 3,075 937 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 30,365
Based aircraft 50

Range Regional Airport (IATA: HIB, ICAO: KHIB, FAA LID: HIB) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) southeast of the central business district of Hibbing, in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.[1] It was formerly known as Chisholm-Hibbing Airport or Chisholm-Hibbing Municipal Airport. The airport is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by one commercial and one charter airline. Scheduled passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 8,896 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 8,926 enplanements in 2009, and 11,227 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport based on 2008 enplanements (between 2,500 and 10,000),[4] but would be considered primary commercial service based on enplanements in 2010.

Facilities and aircraft

Range Regional Airport covers an area of 1,600 acres (647 ha) at an elevation of 1,354 feet (413 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 13/31 is 6,758 by 150 feet (2,060 x 46 m) and 4/22 is 3,075 by 75 feet (937 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 30,365 aircraft operations, an average of 83 per day: 82% general aviation, 9% air taxi, 9% scheduled commercial, and <1% military. At that time there were 50 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 12% helicopter, and 4% multi-engine.[1]

Airline and non-stop destination

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

Airlines Destinations
Delta Connection International Falls, Minneapolis/St. Paul

Top Destinations

Busiest route out of HIB
(Feb 2014 - Jan 2015)
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Minnesota Minneapolis/St Paul 11,000 Delta Connection
2 Arizona Laughlin/Bullhead City 1,000 Sun Country

Charter airline

Airlines Destinations
Sun Country Laughlin/Bullhead City

Accidents and incidents

On January 2, 1993. Express Airlines Saab 340A crashed hard onto the runway at Chisholm-Hibbing Municipal Airport due to wing ice accretion. No fatalities, aircraft destroyed.

On December 1, 1993, Northwest Airlink Flight 5719, crashed while on approach to Chisholm-Hibbing Airport. All 18 passengers and crew on board were killed.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for HIB (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ "18 Killed in Commuter Plane Crash in Minn.". Chicago Sun-Times. December 2, 1993. Retrieved July 3, 2010.

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