- Eastern Slopes Regional Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Eastern Slopes Regional Airport
IATA = FRY
ICAO = KIZG
FAA = IZG
type = Public
owner = Eastern Slopes Regional Airport Authority
operator =
city-served =Fryeburg, Maine
location =
elevation-f = 454
elevation-m = 138
website =
r1-number = 14/32
r1-length-f = 4,200
r1-length-m = 1,280
r1-surface =Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 33,350
footnotes = Source:Federal Aviation Administration FAA-airport|ID=IZG|use=PU|own=PU|site=07980.1*A, effective 2007-12-20]Eastern Slopes Regional Airport airport codes|FRY|KIZG|IZG, also known as Eastern Slopes State Airport, is a public
airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of thecentral business district of Fryeburg, a town in Oxford County,Maine ,United States . It is owned by the Eastern Slopes Regional Airport Authority. The airport is accessible from ME-5 in Fryeburg andBrownfield, Maine . It is very close toConway, New Hampshire .Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter
location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Enterprise Municipal Airport is assigned IZG by the FAA and FRY by the IATA. [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/FRY Great Circle Mapper: FRY / KIZG - Fryeburg, Maine (Eastern Slopes Regional Airport)] ]History
The airport was built to replace the North Conway airport (closed in 1988 [ [http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NH/Airfields_NH.htm#whitemountain Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: White Mountain Airport (CWN), North Conway, New Hampshire] ] and now Settler's Green Outlet Village).
Until 2004, the airport served very little purpose except to Dearborn Precision Tubular Products, which used it as a cargo stop. In 2004, Eastern Slopes Aviation began to try and secure funding for development at the airport, including the construction of a terminal and the establishment of commuter service from the airport to
Portland, Maine , slated to begin in spring 2006. The airport handled 12,605 passengers in 2004.Facilities and aircraft
Eastern Slopes Regional Airport covers an area of 533
acre s (216 ha) which contains onerunway designated 14/32 with a 4,200 x 75 ft (1,280 x 23 m)asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending August 26, 2006, the airport had 33,350 aircraft operations, an average of 91 per day: 99%general aviation (33,000), 1%air taxi and <1% military.Airlines (passenger and cargo)
*
Eastern Slopes Aviation (Boston's Logan, Portland)
*Linear Air (Air Charter Boston Hanscom, Bedford)Historical Service
*1952-present:
Eastern Slopes Aviation
*2006:Saco Airlines References
External links
*US-airport-ga|IZG|FRY
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