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Glacier National Park Airport
Airport Directory » United States » Kalispell » Glacier National Park AirportGlacier Park International Airport (IATA: FCA, ICAO: KGPI, FAA LID: GPI) is a public airport assisting Flathead County, Montana in the United States. It turn up 6 land mile (ten kilometre) nor'-east of the central downtown of Kalispell and also assists the cities of Evergreen, Columbia Falls, and Whitefish as good as Glacier National Park.
The airport's former ICAO codification was KFCA, and most air bearers still use that codification for reserves intentions. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter place identifier for the FAA and IATA, Glacier Park International Airport is portioned GPI by the FAA and FCA by the IATA (which allotted GPI to Guapi Airport in Guapi, Colombia).
History
The airport was originally built in 1942 under the name Flathead County Airport. For many yr, rider traffic stay somewhat low. In 1970, the airport was denominated for international traffic and changed to the current name. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, traffic lift up considerably, as Hughes Airwest, Western Airlines and Horizon Air offered voyages. The depot was upgraded in 1981, and further major upgrades to the depot, landing track and other installations take place throughout the 1990s. Between 1974 and 1998, the rider traffic increased more than fivefold. Service to Phoenix, Arizona on America West/US Air was suspended in 2007.
Facilities and aircraft
Glacier Park International Airport covers an area of 1,505 acres (609 ha) which incorporates 2 asphalt paved landing track: 2/20 measure out 9,006 x 150 foot (2,745 x 46 m) and 12/30 measure out 3,504 x 75 foot (1,068 x 23 m).
For the 12-month time period finish January 1, 2007, the airport had 51,925 aircraft functioning, an mean of 142 per solar day: 70% civil aviation, 21% air cab, 8% scheduled commercial and 1% armed forces. At that clip there were 159 aircraft ground at this airport: 78% single-engine, 16% multi-engine and 3% jet plane and 3% eggbeater.
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