Shreveport Regional Airport
| Shreveport Regional Airport | |||
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| IATA: SHV – ICAO: KSHV – FAA LID: SHV | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Shreveport | ||
| Serves | Shreveport and Bossier City | ||
| Location | Shreveport, Louisiana | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 258 ft / 78.5 m | ||
| Coordinates | 32°26′48″N 093°49′32″W / 32.44667°N 93.82556°W | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 14/32 | 8,351 | 2,545 | Asphalt |
| 5/23 | 6,202 | 1,890 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 56,713 | ||
| Based aircraft | 64 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Shreveport Regional Airport (IATA: SHV, ICAO: KSHV, FAA LID: SHV) is a public use airport in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the City of Shreveport and located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of its central business district.[1]
The airport's runways and terminal are visible to traffic along Interstate 20, a main east-west corridor of the Southern United States. Shreveport Regional was designed to replace the Shreveport Downtown airport, which limited growth due to close proximity of the Red River.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 319,960 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 306,832 enplanements in 2006.[2] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, it is a primary commercial service airport.[3]
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[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Shreveport Regional Airport covers an area of 1,625 acres (658 ha) at an elevation of 258 feet (79 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 is 8,351 by 200 feet (2,545 x 61 m) and 5/23 is 6,202 by 150 feet (1,890 x 46 m).[1]
The airport plans to open a new $7.5 million cargo terminal in the first quarter of 2009, serving as an anchor for the Aero Park Industrial Park.
The recently renovated terminal now features wireless access and a restaurant between the two security checkpoints. The airport is also an alternate destination for American Airlines flights that cannot land at Dallas-Fort Worth Int'l due to bad weather. Shreveport is also the home to the maintenance hangar for regional feeder ExpressJet Airlines for its fleet of Embraer 145 aircraft.
For the 12-month period ending February 28, 2009, the airport had 56,713 aircraft operations, an average of 155 per day: 54% air taxi, 38% general aviation and 9% military. At that time there were 64 aircraft based at this airport: 41% single-engine, 28% multi-engine, 28% jet and 3% helicopter.[1]
Shreveport Regional Airport was awarded the "2009 Louisiana Airport of the Year." It is Shreveport's third time winning the award.
Recently, a Facebook campaign was launched to try to lure Southwest Airlines into serving Shreveport Regional Airport. Kathryn Moore, the creator of the group, called Southwest Airlines and asked if the airline would give Shreveport serious consideration if her group reached 10,000 members. As of November 2010, the group has just under 7,550 members.
On Thursday, February 19, 2011, the Shreveport Airport Authority announced a new a carrier to the market, Vision Airlines. The low-cost carrier offers direct flights to Destin, Florida with fares starting at $49. The airline also offers connecting service to Orlando, Florida with fares starting at $89.
[edit] Airlines and Destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Allegiant Air | Las Vegas Seasonal: Orlando/Sanford |
| American Eagle | Dallas/Fort Worth |
| Delta Connection operated by ExpressJet Airlines | Atlanta, Memphis |
| United Express operated by Colgan Air | Houston-Intercontinental |
| United Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines | Houston-Intercontinental |
[edit] Cargo airlines
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for SHV (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2006
- ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011
[edit] External links
- Shreveport Regional Airport
- FAA Airport Diagram for SHV (PDF), effective 9 Feb 2012
- FAA Terminal Procedures for SHV, effective 9 Feb 2012
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KSHV
- ASN accident history for SHV
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KSHV
- FAA current SHV delay information
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