- McNary Field
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McNary Field
Salem Municipal Airport
FAA diagram of McNary Field IATA: SLE – ICAO: KSLE – FAA LID: SLE Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Salem Location Salem, Oregon Elevation AMSL 214 ft / 65 m Coordinates 44°54′34″N 123°00′09″W / 44.90944°N 123.0025°W Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 5,811 1,771 Asphalt/grooved 16/34 5,145 1,568 Asphalt/grooved Statistics (2003) Aircraft operations 50,282 Based aircraft 232 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] McNary Field (IATA: SLE, ICAO: KSLE, FAA LID: SLE), also known as Salem Municipal Airport, is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of Salem, a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States, also the capital of the state. The airport is named for Senator Charles L. McNary. This airport is publicly owned by City of Salem.[1]
Primarily a general aviation airport, McNary Field had scheduled commercial airline service in the past, including service via Delta Air Lines that ended in October 2008. The Oregon Army National Guard - Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF) and charter flights also use the facilities. McNary Field serves as the home of the Oregon Department of Aviation.
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Airline service
Once served by airlines, which included a route to San Francisco on United Airlines, scheduled commercial service left McNary Field in 1993.[citation needed] The city of Salem actively campaigned to bring the airlines back to McNary Field, and on June 7, 2007, Delta Connection returned commercial air service to Salem with two flights a day in each direction to Salt Lake City.[2] On October 9, 2008, the last Delta flight left McNary as the service ended.[3]
Facilities and aircraft
McNary Field covers an area of 751 acres (304 ha)[1] and has two runways: 13/31, which is 5,811 ft (1,771 m) and ILS equipped, and a visual approach 5,145 ft (1,568 m) runway (16/34). The airport grounds include a control tower, a restaurant, a general aviation center including limited flight training, and a small terminal building. The terminal building is approximately 5,600 square feet (520 m2) after an expansion in 2010 that added ticket counters, a baggage area, and enlarged the waiting area.[4] The expanded facility is more than twice the size of the old terminal, and was designed by Mead & Hunt.[4]
For 12-month period ending 02/28/2003 the airport had 50,282 aircraft operations, an average of 137 per day[1]:
- 92% general aviation: 46,059
- 5% military: 2,672
- 3% air taxi: 1,551
There are 232 aircraft based at this airport[1]:
- 77% single engine: 178
- 10% multi engine: 23
- 9% military: 22
- 2% jet aircraft: 4
- 2% helicopters: 4
- <1% gliders: 1
Terminal building in 2008
Oregon National Guard helicopters at McNary FieldCargo carriers
- Federal Express
- United Parcel Service
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Master Record for SLE (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 03/15/2007
- ^ "Delta to begin two daily flights from Salem to Salt Lake City". Statesman Journal. February 26, 2007.
- ^ Guerrero-Huston, Thelma (October 10, 2008). "Delta goes up, up and away". Statesman Journal. http://community.statesmanjournal.com/tools/pdf/pdfarticle.php?artid=810100361. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ a b Webber, Angela (April 5, 2011). "Salem to open terminal, re-start commercial air service". Daily Journal of Commerce. http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/04/05/salem-to-open-terminal-re-start-commercial-air-service/.
External links
- Salem Municipal Airport - McNary Field (City of Salem site)
- www.FlySalem.org (Chamber of Commerce website promoting upcoming commercial air service)
- www.FlySalem.com (unofficial site)
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KSLE
- ASN accident history for SLE
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KSLE
- FAA current SLE delay information
- Oregon Department of Aviation AIMS data for KSLE
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 20 October 2011
Categories:- Airports in Marion County, Oregon
- World War II airfields
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Technical Service Command
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Oregon
- Transportation in Salem, Oregon
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