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Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport
File:Fort Collins–Loveland Municipal Airport Logo.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerFort Collins & Loveland
ServesFort Collins / Loveland, Colorado
Elevation AMSL5,016 ft / 1,529 m
Websitehttp://www.fortloveair.com
Map
FNL is located in Colorado
FNL
FNL
Location in Colorado
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 8,500 2,591 Asphalt
6/24 2,273 693 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations107,360
Based aircraft237

Fort Collins–Loveland Municipal Airport (IATA: FNL, ICAO: KFNL, FAA LID: FNL) is ten miles southeast of Fort Collins and northeast of Loveland, both in Larimer County, Colorado.[1] It is used for general aviation; scheduled passenger jets by Allegiant Air nonstop to Las Vegas ended in October 2012. The only scheduled flight now is a non-stop to Chicago Rockford International Airport on Branson AirExpress.

The airport is west of Interstate 25 and Denver is about 55 miles (89 km) south. It serves tourist areas of northern Colorado, such as the Rocky Mountain National Park, west of the airport. The population of the Fort Collins–Loveland Metropolitan is about 300,000.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 31,094 passenger boardings in 2008,[2] 31,079 in 2009 and 35,671 in 2010.[3] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.[4]

History

FNL opened in 1964 under joint agreement and ownership by Loveland and Fort Collins. The construction of the airport followed a rise in Colorado State University’s (CSU) enrollment due to the civil rights movement.

Operation and management

FNL is jointly (50/50) owned and operated by the cities of Loveland and Fort Collins. The Steering Committee provides direction to the airport staff and is made up of the two mayors and two city managers. There is no airport authority, which means funding and decisions are made on behalf of the two cities. To ensure balance in the decision-making process, the Steering Committee is required to communicate with both city councils and involve them in any financial, development, and overall operations. The airport manager is at FNL is Jason Licon,[1] who served 10 years as airport manager for the Kankakee Valley Airport Authority in Kankakee, Illinois.[5]

Facilities

The airport covers 1,065 acres (431 ha) at an elevation of 5,016 feet (1,529 m). It has two asphalt runways: 15/33 is 8,500 by 100 ft (2,591 by 30 m) and 6/24 is 2,273 by 40 ft (693 by 12 m).[1]

In the year ending January 1, 2012 the airport had 107,360 aircraft operations, average 294 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi, 1% airline, and <1% military. 237 aircraft were then based at the airport: 89% single-engine, 5% helicopter, 3% jet, 3% multi-engine, and <1% glider.[1]

On October 2, 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that the airport will be used as a test facility for a virtual air traffic control tower. This uses sensors, and cameras that are operated remotely. The cost for this test phase is quoted at US$5,900,000 paid for by the Colorado Aviation Fund, and unanimously passed by the board of the Colorado Division of Aeronautics.[6]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Branson AirExpress
operated by Elite Airways 		Seasonal: Chicago/Rockford

Past and future airline service

The airport was served by Allegiant Air until October 2012.[7] Allegiant began operations in 2003. On August 2012, at midnight the airline e-mailed airport officials revealing that operations will end. The airline said it was due to an "internal business decision" to airport officials for a period of several months. In late September 2012, at a Texas airline conference, Allegiant CEO Maurice Gallagher told a reporter from Las Vegas, Nevada that the airline left because the airport had no control tower. Since then, the airline did not elaborate on that issue.[8] Allegiant Air previously operated McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jetliners into Fort Collins with nonstop service to and from Las Vegas. Before that the airport was served by United Express and Continental Express with service to Denver's Stapleton Airport in the late 1980s and early 90s.[9]

Service between Fort Collins-Loveland Airport and Chicago Rockford International Airport was announced in June 2015.[10] The non-stop flights to Rockford began on August 27, 2015.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for FNL PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  4. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  5. ^ "Licon hired as new director for Fort Collins-Loveland Airport". Northern Colorado Business Report. November 10, 2010.
  6. ^ Ferrier, Pat (2 October 2015). "'Virtual tower' could bring more flights to airport". COLORADOAN. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. ^ Hacker, Tom. "Allegiant has choice words for locals: 'Internal business decision', nothing more for local officials". Reporter-Herald. August 29, 2012.
  8. ^ Hacker, Tom. "Allegiant Air quietly departs Loveland's airport for last time". Reporter-Herald at Denver Post. October 27, 2012. Retrieved on May 9, 2013.
  9. ^ "[1]"
  10. ^ Retrieved 2015-06-08

External links

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