Range Regional Airport
| Range Regional Airport | |||
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IATA: HIB – ICAO: KHIB – FAA LID: HIB
 HIB
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Chisholm/Hibbing Airport Authority | ||
| Serves | Hibbing, Minnesota | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,354 ft / 413 m | ||
| Coordinates | 47°23′12″N 092°50′20″W / 47.38667°N 92.83889°W | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 13/31 | 6,760 | 2,060 | Asphalt |
| 4/22 | 3,096 | 944 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 30,365 | ||
| Based aircraft | 52 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Range Regional Airport (IATA: HIB, ICAO: KHIB, FAA LID: HIB) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southeast of the central business district of Hibbing, a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.[1] It was formerly known as Chisholm-Hibbing Airport or Chisholm-Hibbing Municipal Airport. The airport is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by one commercial and one charter airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
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[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Range Regional Airport covers an area of 1,600 acres (650 ha) at an elevation of 1,354 feet (413 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 6,760 by 150 feet (2,060 x 46 m) and 4/22 is 3,096 by 75 feet (944 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2009, the airport had 30,365 aircraft operations, an average of 83 per day: 82% general aviation, 9% scheduled commercial, 9% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 52 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 4% multi-engine and 19% helicopter.[1]
[edit] Airline and scheduled destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines | Thief River Falls, Minneapolis/St.Paul |
[edit] Charter airline
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Sun Country | Laughlin, Nevada |
[edit] Incidents
On December 1, 1993, Northwest Airlink Flight 5719, crashed while on approach to Chisholm-Hibbing Airport. All 18 passengers and crew on board were killed.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for HIB (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
- ^ "18 Killed in Commuter Plane Crash in Minn.". Chicago Sun-Times. December 2, 1993. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4202916.html. Retrieved 03 July 2010.
[edit] External links
- Range Regional Airport, official web site
- Range Regional Airport (HIB)PDF at Minnesota DOT Airport Directory
- Aerial image as of 10 May 1992 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for HIB, effective 9 Feb 2012
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KHIB
- ASN accident history for HIB
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
