Eppley Airfield

Eppley Airfield
Eppley Airfield
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IATA: OMAICAO: KOMAFAA LID: OMA
OMA is located in Nebraska
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OMA
Location of the Airport in Omaha, Nebraska
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Omaha Airport Authority
Serves Greater Omaha, Nebraska
Elevation AMSL 983 ft / 300 m
Coordinates 41°18.12′N 95°53.62′W / 41.302°N 95.89367°W / 41.302; -95.89367
Website flyoma.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14R/32L 9,502 2,896 Asphalt/Concrete
14L/32R 8,500 2,591 Concrete
18/36 8,153 2,485 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2009, 2010)
Passengers (2010) 4,287,428
Aircraft operations (2009) 111,155
Cargo in pounds (2009) 102,149,802
Mail in pounds (2009) 54,305,909
Sources: FAA[1] and airport web site[2]

Eppley Airfield (IATA: OMAICAO: KOMAFAA LID: OMA) is a medium hub primary airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Omaha, a city in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. It is the largest airport in the state of Nebraska. In addition to the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, Eppley Airfield serves communities throughout eastern Nebraska, western Iowa, northern Kansas, Missouri, and South Dakota.

The airport is named for Eugene C. Eppley, the Omaha Eppley Hotel magnate, from whose estate $1 million was used to convert the Omaha Municipal Airport into a jet port in 1959/1960.[3]

The airport occupies 2,650 acres (1,070 ha) and handles about 397 commercial flights a week.[when?] The airport terminal building has two concourses consisting of 20 gates. Midwest Airlines established a focus city at Eppley Airfield, which has expanded since that airline's merger with Frontier Airlines. As of September 2011, all regularly scheduled flights from Eppley Airfield terminate within the United States. The airport handled more than 4.2 million passengers in 2010. Southwest Airlines is the largest carrier, handling approximately 28 percent of passengers; United Airlines/Continental Airlines is the second-largest carrier, handling approximately 23 percent of passengers.[2] The airport is served by MAT bus #16.

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Location

Eppley Airfield terminal in Omaha. The houses immediately behind are in Carter Lake, Iowa (with Carter Lake visible to the right). The bluffs are in Omaha.
View of Eppley Airfield and Downtown Omaha
Eppley on June 16, 2011 during the 2011 Missouri River floods

The airport is located northeast of downtown Omaha in east Omaha. Although the airport is in Nebraska and on the west side of the Missouri River, through a geographic oddity it is surrounded on the east, west and south by the state of Iowa: the Missouri River formerly formed an oxbow immediately west of the land that became Eppley Airfield. The river cut off the oxbow during an 1877 flood, leaving behind Carter Lake on a portion of its former course; the Supreme Court ruled in 1893 that though the land cut off by the river's changed route now lay west of the Missouri, it remained part of Iowa. This land eventually became the city of Carter Lake, Iowa.

History

On August 6, 1966, Braniff Airways Flight 250 left Kansas City Downtown Airport headed for Eppley and crashed near Falls City, Nebraska, killing all 42 on board. The flight was waiting for weather to clear in Omaha before descending when violent turbulence compromised the structural integrity of the plane.

Several films have used Eppley for a few scenes including the 2002 feature film About Schmidt which included scenes filmed inside and outside the terminal building, and the 2009 feature film Up in the Air which made use of the south end of the terminal building during filming.

Airlines and destinations

Eppley Airfield has two passenger concourses: Concourse A (gates A1-A10) and Concourse B (gates B11-B20).

Airlines Destinations Concourse
American Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth A
American Eagle Chicago-O'Hare A
Continental Airlines Houston-Intercontinental B
Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines Houston-Intercontinental, Newark B
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, Minneapolis/St. Paul A
Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines Atlanta, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul A
Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines Memphis A
Delta Connection operated by Comair Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-LaGuardia A
Delta Connection operated by Compass Airlines Atlanta, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Washington-National A
Delta Connection operated by Mesaba Airlines Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City A
Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines Atlanta, Detroit A
Delta Connection operated by Shuttle America Detroit A
Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City A
Frontier Airlines Denver A
Frontier Airlines operated by Republic Airlines Denver, Los Angeles [begins February 14], San Diego [begins January 16], Washington-National
Seasonal: Orlando, St. Petersburg/Clearwater [begins January 16], Tampa [begins December 15]
A
Frontier Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines Milwaukee A
Southwest Airlines Chicago-Midway, Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix, St. Louis
Seasonal: Orlando
B
United Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, Denver B
United Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, Denver B
United Express operated by GoJet Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, Denver B
United Express operated by Shuttle America Chicago-O'Hare, Denver B
United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Houston-Intercontinental B
US Airways Phoenix B
US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines Phoenix B

Top destinations

Busiest Domestic Routes from OMA (August 2010 - July 2011)[4]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Flag of Colorado.svg Denver, CO 377,000 Frontier, Southwest, United
2 Flag of Illinois.svg Chicago, IL (ORD) 212,000 American, United
3 Flag of Illinois.svg Chicago, IL (MDW) 172,000 Southwest
4 Flag of Texas.svg Dallas/Fort Worth, TX 172,000 American
5 Flag of Arizona.svg Phoenix, AZ 163,000 Southwest, US Airways
6 Flag of Minnesota.svg Minneapolis, MN 136,000 Delta
7 Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Atlanta, GA 114,000 Delta
8 Flag of Texas.svg Houston, TX 104,000 Continental
9 Flag of Nevada.svg Las Vegas, NV 99,000 Southwest
10 Flag of Missouri.svg St. Louis, MO 88,000 Southwest

References

  1. ^ FAA Airport Master Record for OMA (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. ^ a b Eppley Airfield, official web site
  3. ^ Eppley Grant of $1 Million Gives Omaha Jet Field - Lincoln Evening Journal, 1959-12-31
  4. ^ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=OMA&Airport_Name=Omaha,%20NE:%20Eppley%20Airfield&carrier=FACTS

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