Pierre Regional Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Pierre Regional Airport
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IATA = PIR
ICAO = KPIR
FAA = PIR
type = City of Pierre
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operator = Pierre, South Dakota
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elevation-f = 1,742
elevation-m = 531
coordinates = Coord|44|22|58|N|100|17|09|W|type:airport_region:US
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r1-number = 7/25
r1-length-f = 6,887
r1-length-m = 2,099
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 13/31
r2-length-f = 6,900
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Pierre Regional Airport Airport codes|PIR|KPIR|PIR is a public airport located three miles (5 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of Pierre, a city in Hughes County, South Dakota, USA. The airport covers convert|1735|acre|ha|0|lk=on and has two runways. It is served by two commercial airlines.

Until June 30, 2006, service provided by Great Lakes Airlines to Denver was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The U.S. Department of Transportation had selected Big Sky Airlines to provide service beginning July 1, 2006, but that order was suspended when Great Lake decided to continue service without the EAS subsidy.

Airlines and destinations

* Great Lakes Airlines (Brookings, Denver)
* Northwest Airlines
** Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Watertown)

History

During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Force

ee also

* South Dakota World War II Army Airfields

References

* [http://www.pierreairport.com/ Pierre Regional Airport] (official web site)
*FAA-airport|ID=PIR|use=PU|own=PU|site=22762.*A

External links

* [http://www.capitalcityaircarrier.com/ Capital City Air Carrier, Inc] - Fixed base operator (FBO)
*PDF| [http://www.sddot.com/fpa/Aeronautics/docs/pierre.pdf South Dakota Airport Directory: Pierre Regional Airport] |155 KiB

*Essential Air Service documents ( [http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchResultsSimple.cfm?searchType=docket&sortBy=desc&numberValue=10128 Docket Number 10128] ) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=398904&docketid=10128 Order 2006-5-17: Terminates subsidy to Great Lakes Aviation and suspends selection of Big Sky Airlines]
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=397902&docketid=10128 Order 2006-5-7: Big Sky Airlines to provide subsidized essential air service beginning July 1, 2006]
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=388401&docketid=10128 Order 2006-3-3: Request for proposals to provide essential air service beginning July 1, 2006]
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=286427&docketid=10128 Order 2004-7-5: Great Lakes Aviation to provide subsidized essential air service through June 30, 2006]