Sidney–Richland Municipal Airport

Sidney–Richland Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Sidney Richland Airport Authority
Serves Sidney, Montana
Elevation AMSL 1,985 ft / 605 m
Coordinates 47°42′25″N 104°11′33″W / 47.70694°N 104.19250°W / 47.70694; -104.19250Coordinates: 47°42′25″N 104°11′33″W / 47.70694°N 104.19250°W / 47.70694; -104.19250
Map
SDY
SDY

Location of airport in Montana / United States

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 5,705 1,739 Asphalt
11/29 4,023 1,226 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 6,815
Based aircraft 32

Sidney–Richland Municipal Airport (IATA: SDY, ICAO: KSDY, FAA LID: SDY) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) west of the central business district of Sidney, a city in Richland County, Montana, United States. It is owned by the Sidney Richland Airport Authority.[1] The airport is served by one commercial airline, service is subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $3,777,579 (per year).[2]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 13,385 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 2,031 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 2,766 in 2009, and 3,659 in 2010.[4] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation airport based on enplanements in 2008 (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[5]

Scheduled air service temporarily ceased on March 8, 2008, when Big Sky Airlines ended operations in bankruptcy. Great Lakes Airlines was given USDOT approval to take over Essential Air Service (EAS)[6] and flights began in 2009. Between 2011 and 2013, service was provided under EAS contract by Silver Airways (formerly Gulfstream International Airlines). Effective December 10, 2013 service between Sidney and Billings is provided five times per day by Cape Air in Cessna 402C equipment.

Facilities and aircraft

Sidney–Richland Municipal Airport covers an area of 335 acres (136 ha) at an elevation of 1,985 feet (605 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 is 5,705 by 100 feet (1,739 x 30 m) and 11/29 is 4,023 by 100 feet.[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2009, the airport had 6,815 aircraft operations, an average of 18 per day: 59% general aviation, 26% scheduled commercial, 15% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time 32 aircraft were based at this airport: 84% single-engine and 16% multi-engine.[1]

Airline and destination

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

AirlinesDestinations
Cape Air Billings

Statistics

Carrier shares: (Dec 2015 - Nov 2016)[7]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
Cape Air
15,980(100%)
Top domestic destinations: (Dec 2015 - Nov 2016)[7]
Rank Airport Passengers Airline
1 Billings Logan International (BIL) 8,000 Cape Air

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for SDY (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Essential Air Service Reports". U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009. External link in |work= (help)
  4. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  5. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  6. ↑ "Great Lakes prepares for Montana routes". Sidney Herald. Montana. December 30, 2007. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
  7. 1 2 "Sidney, MT: Sidney/Richland Municipal (SDY)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2017.

Other sources

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-1997-2605) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2005-12-20 (December 30, 2005): selecting Big Sky Transportation Co., d/b/a Big Sky Airlines, to continue providing essential air service at seven Montana communities (Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Lewistown, Miles City, Sidney, and Wolf Point) for a new two-year period beginning March 1, 2006, at a subsidy of $6,838,934 annually.
    • Order 2007-11-21 (November 26, 2007): selecting Big Sky Transportation Co., d/b/a Big Sky Airlines, to continue providing essential air service at seven Montana communities for a new two-year period beginning March 1, 2008, at a subsidy of $8,473,617 annually.
    • Order 2007-12-22 (December 21, 2007): allowing Big Sky Transportation Co., d/b/a Big Sky Airlines, to suspend its subsidized essential air services at seven Montana communities on the date that Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., begins replacement service, and selecting Great Lakes to provide those services at subsidy rates totaling $8,201,992.
    • Order 2008-7-9 (July 3, 2008): approving an alternate service pattern requested by Lewistown, Miles City and Sidney, Montana.
    • Order 2011-1-27 (February 2, 2011): selecting Gulfstream International Airlines, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) with 19-passenger Beechcraft B-1900D aircraft at Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Lewistown, Miles City, Sidney, and Wolf Point, Montana, for a two-year period beginning when the carrier inaugurates full EAS at all seven communities through the end of the 24th month thereafter (two-year period ended May 31, 2013), at a combined annual subsidy rate of $10,903,854. Aircraft: 19-passenger Beech 1900-D. Destination: Billings. The subsidy and level of service for each community is as follows: Lewistown $1,325,733 (12 nonstop round trips each week), Miles City: $1,621,821 (12 nonstop round trips each week), Sidney $2,932,152 (17 nonstop round trips each week), Havre $1,162,329 (12 one-stop round trips each week), Glendive $1,193,391 (12 one-stop round trips each week), Glasgow $1,166,049 (5 nonstop and 7 one-stop round trips each week), Wolf Point $1,502,378 (7 nonstop and 5 one-stop round trips each week).
    • Notice (June 28, 2013): from Silver Airways of its intent to discontinue scheduled subsidized Essential Air Service between Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Lewistown, Miles City, Sidney, Wolf Point, Montana and Billings, Montana. Commensurate with the end of subsidy eligibility, Silver Airways will end service to Lewistown and Miles City on July 15, 2013. Further, Silver Airways hereby serves 90-day notice of its intent to discontinue service to the communities of Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Sidney and Wolf Point, Montana effective September 27, 2013.
    • Order 2013-6-3 (June 4, 2013): extending the contract established under Order 2011-1-27, issued on February 3, 2011, for Silver Airways, Inc. (formerly Gulfstream International Airlines), to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) operations at Lewistown, Miles City, Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Sidney, and Wolf Point, Montana, from June 1, 2013, until further notice.
    • Order 2013-9-4 (September 5, 2013): selecting Hyannis Air Service, Inc., d/b/a Cape Air, to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) with 9-passenger Cessna 402 aircraft at Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Sidney, and Wolf Point, Montana, for a two-year period beginning December 1, 2013, through November 30, 2015, at a combined annual subsidy of $11,950,426. The subsidy and level of service for each community is as follows: Glasgow $2,046,800 (2 trips per day), Glendive $1,944,467 (2 trips per day), Havre $2,036,254 (2 trips per day), Sidney $3,777,579 (5 trips per day), Wolf Point $2,145,326 (2 trips per day). Scheduled service: to Billings. Aircraft Type: Cessna 402 (9 passenger seats).
    • Order 2013-12-1 (December 2, 2013): Cape Air will commence full EAS at all five of the above communities beginning December 10, 2013, thereby establishing an end date for this contract of December 31, 2015.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.