Ernest A. Love Field

Infobox Airport
name = Prescott Municipal Airport
nativename = Ernest A. Love Field


IATA = PRC
ICAO = KPRC
FAA = PRC
type = Public
owner = City of Prescott
operator =
city-served =
location = Prescott, Arizona
elevation-f = 5,045
elevation-m = 1,538
coordinates = coord|34|39|16|N|112|25|10|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
r1-number = 3R/21L
r1-length-f = 7,550
r1-length-m = 2,301
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 12/30
r2-length-f = 4,408
r2-length-m = 1,344
r2-surface = Asphalt
r3-number = 3L/21R
r3-length-f = 4,846
r3-length-m = 1,477
r3-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2005
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 272,855
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 340
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=PRC|use=PU|own=PU|site=00763.*A, effective 2007-07-05]

Prescott Municipal Airport Airport codes|PRC|KPRC|PRC, also known as Ernest A. Love Field [ [http://www.controller.com/dealers/picture.asp?guid=6B3E0F6E47B24381AF0EAFC3C680D957&

] ] (not to be confused with Dallas Love Field), is a public airport located seven miles (11 km) north of the central business district of Prescott, a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.

Love Field is mostly used for general aviation but will be served by two commercial airlines. Service from Great Lakes Airlines is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Most of the traffic at PRC is training flights from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 5,020 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 3,780 enplanements in 2006. [ [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ FAA Passenger Boarding Data] ] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Ernest A. Love Field is classified as "commercial service - non-primary" because it has between 2,500 and 10,000 passenger boardings per year. [ [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011] ]

Once again the DOT selected Mesa Airlines to take over the flights from Great Lakes Airlines Back in July, 2007. [ [http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=43792&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=&S=1 Mesa Air returned to Prescott] ] Mesa Airlines offered three flights daily, two to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, and the third to a new destination, Las Vegas McCarran International Airport. As of May 30, 2008 Scheduled service via Mesa Airlines has ended. Prescott has new scheduled service to Los Angeles (LAX) and Flagstaff (FLG), starting Sept 8, on Horizon Air, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group. And to Phoenix (PHX) and Ontario (ONT) on Great Lakes Airlines. This still left a lapse in service in 2008 between May 30 and Sept 8.

Facilities and aircraft

Ernest A. Love Field covers an area of 760 acres (308 ha) which contains three asphalt paved runways: 3R/21L measuring 7,550 x 150 ft (2,301 x 46 m), 12/30 at 4,408 x 75 ft (1,344 x 23 m) and 3L/21R is 4,846 x 60 ft (1,477 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 272,855 aircraft operations, an average of 747 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi, <1% scheduled commercial (1) and <1% military. There are 340 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single engine, 8% multi-engine, 1% jet aircraft, 3% helicopters and <1% ultralights.

Airlines and destinations

*Alaska Airlines
**Horizon Air (Flagstaff, Los Angeles)
*Great Lakes Airlines (Ontario, Phoenix)

References

External links

*PDFlink| [http://www.azdot.gov/aviation/library/pdf/ECON_IMPACT_PRC.pdf Prescott Municipal Airport: Economic Impact and Aviation Services] |1.30 MiB
* [http://www.cityofprescott.net/visitors/airport/ Prescott Municipal Airport] at City of Prescott web site
* [http://www.azdot.gov/aviation/airports/airports_list.asp?FAA=PRC Ernest A. Love Field] at Arizona DOT web site
*WikiMapia|34.6545|-112.4196|13
*FAA-diagram|00546
*US-airport|PRC

*Essential Air Service documents ( [http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchResultsSimple.cfm?searchType=docket&sortBy=desc&numberValue=1899 Docket Number 1899] ) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=473107&docketid=1899 Order 2007-6-10: Selects Mesa Air Group, d/b/a Air Midwest, to provide EAS for two years]
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=461055&docketid=1899 Order 2007-3-17: Request for proposals to provide EAS for two years beginning July 1, 2007]
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=319612&docketid=1899 Order 2005-3-16: Selects Great Lakes Aviation to provide EAS for two years ending June 30, 2007]