Fort Worth Alliance Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Fort Worth Alliance Airport

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image-width = 150
caption = FAA airport diagram
IATA = AFW
ICAO = KAFW
FAA = AFW
type = Public
owner = City of Fort Worth
operator =
city-served = Fort Worth, Texas
location =
elevation-f = 722
elevation-m = 220
coordinates = coord|32|59|16|N|097|19|08|W|region:US_type:airport
website = [http://www.allianceairport.com/ www.AllianceAirport.com]
r1-number = 16L/34R
r1-length-f = 9,600
r1-length-m = 2,926
r1-surface = Concrete
r2-number = 16R/34L
r2-length-f = 8,220
r2-length-m = 2,505
r2-surface = Concrete
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 80,332
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 124
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=AFW|use=PU|own=PU|site=23895.3*A, effective 2007-12-20]

Fort Worth Alliance Airport airport codes|AFW|KAFW|AFW is a city-owned public-use airport located 14 miles (23 km) north of the central business district of Fort Worth, city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.

Billed as the world's first purely industrial airport, it was developed in a joint venture between the City of Fort Worth, the Federal Aviation Administration and Hillwood Development Company, a real estate development company owned by H. Ross Perot, Jr. The official groundbreaking ceremonies were held in July 1988, and the airport officially opened on December 14, 1989 [cite web|title=Fort Worth Alliance Airport|url=http://www.allianceairport.com|accessdate=June 3, 2007] . The airport is owned by the City of Fort Worth and managed by Alliance Air Services, a subsidiary of Hillwood.

Alliance is a cargo hub for FedEx Express and is a maintenance base of American Airlines.

Alliance filled in for Los Angeles International Airport during the filming of the TV drama "LAX".

By the 1990s, the annual passenger air traffic at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport had exceeded the airport's capacity, and a solution was proposed to repeal the Wright Amendment and open Alliance Airport to passenger service, effectively providing DFW with two reliever airports. But DFW opposed the solution and no passenger service was introduced at Alliance Airport.

In April 2004 Alliance Airport operating company Hillwood entered in to a management contract with EP-Team (Energy & Projects Team) for sales and marketing development to attract Cargo Airlines to the airport. EP-Team is a Project Freight/Logistics Management company with its Head Office in Dallas, Texas. [ [http://www.ep-team.net EP-TEAM >Energy & Projects Team< ] ]

Facilities and aircraft

Fort Worth Alliance Airport covers an area of 1,198 acres (485 ha) which contains two concrete paved runways: 16L/34R measuring 9,600 x 150 ft (2,926 x 46 m) and 16R/34L measuring 8,220 x 150 ft (2,505 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2007, the airport had 80,332 aircraft operations, an average of 220 per day: 73% general aviation, 11% scheduled commercial, 8% military and 7% air taxi. At that time there were 124 aircraft based at this airport:40% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, 11% jet and 31% helicopter.

See also

* List of airports in Texas

References

External links

* [http://www.allianceairport.com/ Fort Worth Alliance Airport] , official web site
* [http://www.alliancetexas.com/FWAA/Air+Services Alliance Air Services]
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