Pierre Regional Airport

Pierre Regional Airport
1996 USGS photo
IATA: PIR – ICAO: KPIR – FAA LID: PIR PIR Location of the Airport in South Dakota
Summary
Airport type		City of Pierre
Operator		Pierre, South Dakota
Location		Pierre, South Dakota
Elevation AMSL		1,742 ft / 531 m
Coordinates		44°22′58″N 100°17′09″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
7/25	6,887	2,099	Asphalt
13/31	6,900	2,103	Asphalt

Pierre Regional Airport (IATA: PIR, ICAO: KPIR, FAA LID: PIR) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of Pierre, a city in Hughes County, South Dakota, USA. The airport covers 1,735 acres (702 ha) and has two runways. It is served by two commercial airlines.

Until June 30, 2006, service provided by Great Lakes Airlines to Denver was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The U.S. Department of Transportation had selected Big Sky Airlines to provide service beginning July 1, 2006, but that order was suspended when Great Lakes decided to continue service without the EAS subsidy.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Great Lakes Airlines	Denver, Minneapolis/St. Paul [begins February 1, 2012]

History

The terminal building.

During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Force by Air Technical Service Command as an aircraft maintenance and supply depot. It was also used by Sioux Falls Army Air Field as an auxiliary airfield for Second Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber training.

Planned New Terminal Building

A new terminal building that will replace the existing terminal has been designed, and construction began in late Spring, 2011. Denver-based Coover-Clark & Associates, Inc. designed the building and is also handling the construction administration The new terminal is expected to be completed in August, 2012.

A model of the new terminal building built by Archetype 3D of Louisville, Colorado

See also

• South Dakota World War II Army Airfields

External links

• Capital City Air Carrier, Inc - Fixed base operator (FBO)
• South Dakota Airport Directory: Pierre Regional AirportPDF (155 KiB)
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KPIR
  • ASN accident history for PIR
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
• Pierre Regional Airport (official web site)

• Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 10128) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
  • Order 2006-5-17: Terminates subsidy to Great Lakes Aviation and suspends selection of Big Sky Airlines
  • Order 2006-5-7: Big Sky Airlines to provide subsidized essential air service beginning July 1, 2006
  • Order 2006-3-3: Request for proposals to provide essential air service beginning July 1, 2006
  • Order 2004-7-5: Great Lakes Aviation to provide subsidized essential air service through June 30, 2006