Stillwater Regional Airport

Stillwater Regional Airport
Searcy Field
IATA: SWO – ICAO: KSWO – FAA LID: SWO
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Stillwater
Serves Stillwater, Oklahoma
Elevation AMSL 1,000 ft / 305 m
Coordinates 36°09′40″N 097°05′08″W / 36.16111°N 97.08556°W / 36.16111; -97.08556
Website stillwater.org/government/city_facilities/stillwater_regional_airport/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 7,401 2,256 Concrete
4/22 5,002 1,525 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2015) 79,819
Based aircraft (2015) 74

Stillwater Regional Airport (IATA: SWO, ICAO: KSWO, FAA LID: SWO) (Searcy Field) is a public use city owned airport located in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States, three miles northwest of the city of Stillwater. [1]

History

After World War II the airfield was one of six locations in the nation that stored surplus bombers, fighters, trainers, and transports. About 475 aircraft were flown to the airport starting in 1945. In 1946 Paul Mantz bought them all, keeping 12 for use as stunt planes and camera ships, and selling the rest for scrap.[2]

One of the aircraft processed through Stillwater - and purchased by Mantz - was B-17 41-24577 "Hells Angels," which was the first B-17 to complete 25 missions (even before the Memphis Belle).[3]

Central DC-3s landed at Stillwater starting in 1953; successor Frontier pulled out in 1975-76.

Stillwater was home to an Essential Air Service airline named Exec Express,Inc.. It operated Piper PA-31 Navajos.

After some years American Airlines announced scheduled service to resume into Stillwater using regional carrier Envoy Air. The flights will use 50 seat Embraer-145 jets and operate twice a day. [4]

Facilities

The airport covers 1,571 acres (636 ha) at an elevation of 1,000 feet (305 m) above sea level. It has two runways: 17/35 is 7,401 by 100 feet (2,256 x 30 m) concrete; 4/22 is 5,002 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m) asphalt.[1]

For the year ending April 30, 2015, the airport had 79,819 aircraft operations, with an average of 219 per day: 94% general aviation, 4% military, 2% air taxi and <1% commercial airline. In 2015, 74 aircraft were based at the airport: 67 single-engine, 5 multi-engine and 2 helicopters. [1]

The airport is home to the Stillwater Airport Memorial Museum.[5]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
American Eagle Dallas/Fort Worth (begins August 23, 2016)[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for SWO (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  2. ↑ FAA Inspector Sees Stories in Old Planes Ponca City News, accessed 30 December 2010
  3. ↑ Aerovintage.com, accessed 30 December 2010
  4. ↑ "American Airlines to announce direct flight from Stillwater". KFOR.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  5. ↑ VisitStillwater.org, accessed 13 January 2014
  6. ↑ "Stillwater, American Airlines, Oklahoma State announce agreement for nonstop service to Dallas/Fort Worth". Oklahoma State University. February 5, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.

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