Glacier Park International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Glacier Park International Airport

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image-width = 150
caption = FAA airport diagram
IATA = FCA
ICAO = KGPI
FAA = GPI
type = Public
owner = Flathead Municipal Airport Authority
operator =
city-served = Kalispell, Montana
location =
elevation-f = 2,977
elevation-m = 907
coordinates = coord|48|18|38|N|114|15|22|W|region:US_type:airport
website = [http://www.glacierairport.com/ www.GlacierAirport.com]
r1-number = 2/20
r1-length-f = 9,006
r1-length-m = 2,745
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 12/30
r2-length-f = 3,504
r2-length-m = 1,068
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 51,925
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 159
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=GPI|use=PU|own=PU|site=12418.*A, effective 2007-12-20]

Glacier Park International Airport airport codes|FCA|KGPI|GPI is a public airport serving Flathead County, Montana in the United States. It located six miles (10 km) northeast of the central business district of Kalispell and also serves the towns of Evergreen, Columbia Falls, and Whitefish as well as Glacier National Park.

The airport's former ICAO code was KFCA, and most air carriers still use that code for reservations purposes. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Glacier Park International Airport is assigned GPI by the FAA and FCA by the IATA [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/FCA Great Circle Mapper: FCA / KGPI - Kalispell, Montana (Glacier Park International Airport)] ] (which assigned GPI to Guapi Airport in Guapi, Colombia [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/GPI Great Circle Mapper: GPI / SKGP - Guapi, Colombia] ] ).

History

The airport was originally built in 1942 under the name Flathead County Airport. For many years, passenger traffic remained fairly low. In 1970, the airport was designated for international traffic and changed to the current name. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, traffic picked up substantially, as Hughes Airwest, Western Airlines and Horizon Air offered flights. The terminal was upgraded in 1981, and further major upgrades to the terminal, runways and other facilities occurred throughout the 1990s. Between 1974 and 1998, the passenger traffic increased more than fivefold. [http://www.glacierairport.com/gpia_history.html] Service to Phoenix, Arizona on America West/US Air was suspended in 2007.

Facilities and aircraft

Glacier Park International Airport covers an area of 1,505 acres (609 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 2/20 measuring 9,006 x 150 ft (2,745 x 46 m) and 12/30 measuring 3,504 x 75 ft (1,068 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2007, the airport had 51,925 aircraft operations, an average of 142 per day: 70% general aviation, 21% air taxi, 8% scheduled commercial and 1% military. At that time there were 159 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 16% multi-engine and 3% jet and 3% helicopter.

Airlines and destinations

* Alaska Airlines
** Horizon Air (Seattle/Tacoma)
* Allegiant Air (Las Vegas) [begins October 17]
* Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) [seasonal]
** Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines (Salt Lake City)
* Northwest Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul) [seasonal]
**Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
**Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
*United Airlines
**United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare [seasonal] , Denver, San Francisco [seasonal] )

References

External links

* [http://www.glacierairport.com/ Glacier Park International Airport] , official site
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