Gainesville Regional Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Gainesville Regional Airport

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IATA = GNV
ICAO = KGNV
FAA = GNV
type = Public
owner = Gainesville-Alachua County Authority
operator =
city-served =
location = Gainesville, Florida
elevation-f = 152
elevation-m = 46
website = [http://www.gra-gnv.com/ www.gra-gnv.com]
r1-number = 11/29
r1-length-f = 7,504
r1-length-m = 2,287
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 7/25
r2-length-f = 4,158
r2-length-m = 1,267
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 133,881
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 131
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=GNV|use=PU|own=PU|site=03210.*A, effective 2007-10-25]

Gainesville Regional Airport Airport codes|GNV|KGNV|GNV is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Gainesville, a city in Alachua County, Florida, United States. The airport is owned by the Gainesville-Alachua County Authority. It was formerly known as J.R. Alison Airport. [ [http://www.gismonitor.com/news/newsletter/archive/020603.php GIS Monitor newletter, February 6, 2003] ]

Within the past 12 months, the Airport has undertaken and substantially completed several largescale projects that include the refurbishment of its primary runway, piping of an open ditch parallel to that runway, and completion of Phase 1 of the Terminal Renovation project. Three passenger boarding bridges, covered walkways that connect the terminal building to the aircraft, are being installed, and the Authority has commissioned the design of Phase 2 of the Terminal Renovation which will go out for bids later this year. Eclipse Aviation, maker of the Eclipse 500, has opened its first factory service center in Gainesville, which will support more than 1,000 jet aircraft.

Facilities and aircraft

Gainesville Regional Airport covers an area of 1,650 acres (668 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 11/29 measuring 7,504 x 150 ft (2,287 x 46 m) and 7/25 measuring 4,158 x 100 ft (1,267 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 133,881 aircraft operations, an average of 366 per day: 84% general aviation, 8% air taxi, 7% military and 1% scheduled commercial. There are 131 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 4% jet and 4% helicopter.

Gainesville regional airport is served by one FBO, University Air Center. Previously there were two, Gulf Atlantic Airways and Flight Line. Flight Line's contract with the airport authority expired and Gulf Atlantic became University Air Center. University Air Center provides a pilots lounge with TV, snack machines, aircraft rentals and charters, and fuel.

History

During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Force Training Command as a facility in support of the the Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics at Orlando Army Air Base.

Airlines and destinations

cheduled passenger service

* Delta Air Lines
** Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
* US Airways
** US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte)

ee also

* Florida World War II Army Airfields

References

External links

* [http://www.gra-gnv.com/ Gainesville Regional Airport] (official site)
*PDF| [http://www.cfaspp.com/FASP/AirportPDFs/gainesville%20regional%20%28april%202005%29.pdf Gainesville Regional Airport] |1.05 MiB brochure from [http://www.cfaspp.com/airports.asp CFASPP] (April 2005)
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*FAA-diagram|00973
*US-airport|GNV