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Provo Municipal Airport

Coordinates: 40°13′09.1″N 111°43′24.1″W / 40.219194°N 111.723361°W / 40.219194; -111.723361
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Provo Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Provo
ServesProvo, Utah
Elevation AMSL4,497 ft / 1,370.7 m
Coordinates40°13′09.1″N 111°43′24.1″W / 40.219194°N 111.723361°W / 40.219194; -111.723361
Websitehttp://flyprovo.com
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 8,599 2,621 Asphalt
18/36 6,614 2,016 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 40 12 Concrete
H2 40 12 Concrete
Statistics (CY 2013)
Enplanements30,090[1]
% Change from CY 20121.13%
Provo Municipal Airport nonstop domestic routes (as of July 2015).

Provo Municipal Airport (IATA: PVU, ICAO: KPVU, FAA LID: PVU) is a public airport two miles (3 km) west of Provo, in Utah County, Utah. The airport hosts Allegiant Air flights to four airports, one in Arizona and three in California - Phoenix/Mesa Gateway Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, San Diego International Airport and Oakland International Airport. It is the second busiest public airport in Utah by aircraft movements, with 172,000 aircraft operations in the year ending May 2007.[2][3]

Overview

The airport is used for general aviation and rarely had scheduled airline flights until June 2011 when Frontier Airlines began daily flights to Denver. Salt Lake City International Airport (about 40 miles (64 km) north) is the closest airport with numerous flights. (SkyWest Airlines flew to Provo from 1974-1975.)[4]

Service to Denver on Frontier ended in January 2013.[5] Allegiant Air began flights to Phoenix/Mesa in February 2013,[6] and in March 2013 announced twice-weekly flights to Oakland International Airport beginning June 7, 2013.[7] On July 4, 2013, it was announced that Allegiant Air would begin flying to Los Angeles International Airport beginning September 26, 2013. [8] In June 2016, Allegiant Air announced it would begin flying to San Diego International Airport beginning September 28, 2016. [9]

Having one fixed-base operator, the airport is frequently used for flight training and is home to flight schools, including one operated by Utah Valley University. In the last 6 months of 2011 the airport had 14,858 enplanements.

History

The airport's Air Traffic Control Tower opened in 2005. Previously, the airport was uncontrolled. When the control tower opened, the nearby airspace became Class D airspace over a radius of 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) around the airport and up to 7,000 feet (2,100 m) MSL (2500 feet AGL), with a circular cutout in the southern portion surrounding nearby Spanish Fork-Springville Airport, which is not Class D.

In anticipation of commercial passenger service, a new terminal area was built in early 2011 to house Transportation Security Administration equipment for passenger screening. As of August 2012, a millimeter wave full body scanner is in use.[10]

Facilities

Provo Municipal Airport covers 869 acres (3.5 km2) and has two runways and two helipads:

  • Runway 13/31: 8,599 ft × 150 ft (2,621 m × 46 m) Asphalt
  • Runway 18/36: 6,614 ft × 150 ft (2,016 m × 46 m) Asphalt
  • Helipad H1: 40 ft × 40 ft (12 m × 12 m) Concrete
  • Helipad H2: 40 ft × 40 ft (12 m × 12 m) Concrete

Airline and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Allegiant Air Los Angeles, Oakland, Phoenix/Mesa, San Diego[11]

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes from Provo
(Jul 2015 - Jun 2016)[12]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Phoenix/Mesa, Arizona (AZA) 37,000 Allegiant
2 Los Angeles, California 16,000 Allegiant
3 Oakland, California 15,000 Allegiant

References

  1. ^ "Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) and All-Cargo Data for U.S. Airports" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. June 20, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  2. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for PVU PDF, effective 2008-02-14
  3. ^ Davidson, Lee (25 September 2015). "Provo now Utah's No. 2 airport, passing St. George and Wendover". Salt Lake Tribune.
  4. ^ "SkyWest 35 Years".
  5. ^ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865562403/Frontier-Airlines-to-suspend-Provo-Airport-flights.html?pg=all
  6. ^ http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/55406796-79/provo-allegiant-frontier-phoenix.html.csp
  7. ^ http://ir.allegiantair.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=197578&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1798442&highlight=
  8. ^ http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/56555969-79/allegiant-airport-provo-airline.html.csp
  9. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2016/06/28/allegiant-air-breaks-into-newark-adds-3-cities-route-map/86456734/
  10. ^ "Provo Airport gets TSA's advanced imaging". Daily Herald. Daily Herald (Utah). Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  11. ^ Mutzabaugh, Ben (June 28, 2016). "Allegiant Air breaks into Newark as it adds 3 cities to route map". USA Today. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  12. ^ "Provo, Utah". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Oct 2016.
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