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Jackson Hole Airport
Airport Directory » United States » Jackson » Jackson Hole AirportAirport information for Jackson Hole AirportCountry: United StatesLocation: Jackson Coordinates: 43.36.00N / 110.44.00W IATA Code: JAC Timezone: GMT -7 Direct flights form Jackson Hole Airport Direct flights to Jackson Hole Airport Find connecting flights to Jackson Hole Airport Find connecting flights from Jackson Hole Airport |
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Coordinates: 43°36′26″N 110°44′16″W / 43.60722°N 110.73778°W / 43.60722; -110.73778
Jackson Hole Airport (IATA: JAC, ICAO: KJAC, FAA LID: JAC) is a public airport turn up 7 land mile (11 kilometre) northward of the central downtown of Jackson, a city in Teton County, Wyoming, United States. It is owned by the Jackson Hole Airport Board.
It is 1 of 2 airports in the United States turn up inside a national park area, in this example Grand Teton (the other airport is Provincetown Municipal Airport in Massachusetts). A big fraction of air traveler headed to Grand Teton or nearby Yellowstone National Park and western Wyoming go through the airport. The airport has an unusual depot construction resembling a open up log cabin; this esthetic project immingles with the skirting environment and assists to draw visitants.
In addition, Jackson Hole Airport is 1 of the only airports in the land that ships dwell oxen by plane. Cattle despatches are highly lucrative and make the airport 5% of its summertime income.
History
The airport was made in the 1930s as the most good location to place an airport in Teton County. The airport was declared a national memorial in 1943, and united with Grand Teton National Park in 1950. In 1959 the landing track was continued to its current length to more better adapt bigger aeroplanes, particularly the DC-3. In the 1960s and 1970s, the possibility of continuing the landing track to 8,000 human foot (2,400 m) to adapt jet plane was see. Strong resistance from the National Park Service over noise and other environmental results precluded such an extension. However, development of more better jet engine in the late 1970s made it possible to bring down jet plane on the being landing track. Being inside a national park area and the Jackson Hole area , the district is real noise sensible and the airport now lets only level III jet plane which have newer, quieter engines. The airport is a popular pairing dry land to the rare Sage Grouse. Currently, it is the busiest commercial airport in Wyoming. On December 20, 2000, Sandra Bullock hold out the crash of a leased business jet plane at Jackson Hole Airport. The aircraft hit a snow bank or else of the landing track, shearing off the nose landing gear and ogive and damaging the wings.
Facilities and aircraft
Jackson Hole Airport covers an area of 533 acres (216 ha) which incorporates 1 landing track denominated 1/19 with a 6,300 x 150 foot (1,920 x 46 m) asphalt paving. For the 12-month time period finish July 7, 2007, the airport had 33,259 aircraft functioning, an mean of 91 per solar day: 50% civil aviation, 27% air cab, 23% scheduled commercial and <1% armed forces. There are 52 aircraft ground at this airport: 69% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 21% jet plane, 3% sailplane, and 1% oxen load.
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