Southwest Washington Regional Airport

Southwest Washington Regional Airport
IATA: KLS – ICAO: KKLS – FAA LID: KLS
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Kelso
Serves Longview-Kelso Metropolitan Area
Elevation AMSL 20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates 46°07′05″N 122°53′54″W / 46.11806°N 122.89833°W
Website Official site
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 4,391 1,338 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 40,860
Based aircraft 71

Southwest Washington Regional Airport (IATA: KLS, ICAO: KKLS, FAA LID: KLS) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Kelso, in Cowlitz County, Washington, United States.[1] The airport was renamed in 2009,[2] prior to which it was known as Kelso-Longview Regional Airport or Molt Taylor Field.

History

Kelso-Longview Airport opened in May 1941 on 109 acres (0.44 km2) of a nearby dairy farm,[3] as a training field for amateur pilots, and has since become a regional transportation center for southwest Washington. In 1950 the old landing strip was paved and in the 1960s the first administration and terminal buildings were built. Further improvements were completed in the 1980s due to increasing traffic.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Southwest Washington Regional Airport covers an area of 110 acres (45 ha) at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 12/30 which measure 4,391 x 100 ft (30 m). (1,338 x 30 m).[1] It is separated for takeoffs and landings (the airport, faced with growing air traffic, segmented their runway in 1980).[3]

For the 12-month period ending March 30, 2008, the airport had 40,860 aircraft operations, an average of 111 per day: 94% general aviation, 4% air taxi and 2% military. At that time there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 1% jet and 4% ultralight.[1]

The airport has one passenger terminal.[4]

Flight School

There is one flight school located at the airport.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for KLS (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-08-27.
  2. ↑ Amy M.E. Fischer (April 4, 2009). "Local airport gets a new name". The Daily News Online.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Airport History". City of Kelso. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Personal experience
  5. ↑ "Airport Details". City of Kelso. Retrieved 20 October 2012.

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