Gainesville Regional Airport

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Coordinates: 29°41′24″N 082°16′18″W / 29.69°N 82.27167°W / 29.69; -82.27167

Gainesville Regional Airport

IATA: GNV – ICAO: KGNV – FAA: GNV
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Gainesville-Alachua County Authority
Location Gainesville, Florida
Elevation AMSL 152 ft / 46 m
Website www.gra-gnv.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 7,504 2,287 Asphalt
7/25 4,158 1,267 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 133,881
Based aircraft 131
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Gainesville Regional Airport (IATA: GNV, ICAO: KGNV, FAA LID: 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 City of Gainesville, FL and operated by the Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority.[1] It was formerly known as J.R. Alison Airport.[2]

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.

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[edit] 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).[1]

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.[1]

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.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Airport Interior, West Lobby

[edit] Scheduled passenger service

[edit] History

Opened in April 1940 as a civil airport, during World War II the airport was requisitioned by the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 and was known as Alachua Army Airfield. The airfield was used as a training base by the Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics (AAFSAT). Beginning in 1943, AAFSAT assigned light bomber and fighter training squadrons for the 3d Air Commando Group being sent to India and Burma. Squadrons assigned by the AAFSAT were:

Headquarters AAFSAT was reassigned from Orlando Army Air Base to Maxwell Field, Alabama in November 1945 and the airfield was returned to civil use as an airport.

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[edit] References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  • Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975
  • Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0912799129.
  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for GNV (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. ^ GIS Monitor newletter, February 6, 2003

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