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West Palm Beach Airport
Airport Directory » United States » West Palm Beach » West Palm Beach AirportPalm Beach International Airport (IATA: PBI, ICAO: KPBI, FAA LID: PBI) is a public airport turn up three land mile (five kilometres) due west of West Palm Beach, Florida and assists Palm Beach County. The airport is functioned and back up by Palm Beach County Department of Airports. Road access to the airport is available direct from I-95, Southern Boulevard, and Congress Avenue. The airport is ring to the west by Military Trail.
History
- For the armed forces use of the Airport, see Palm Beach Air Force Base
Palm Beach International Airport (PBIA) set about functioning as Morrison Field in 1936. Morrison Field was named in honor of Miss Grace K. Morrison who was a key participant in the programming and organisation of the field. The 1st voyage going away the field was a New York bond Eastern Air Lines DC-2 in 1936. The airport was officially committed on December 19, 1936.
In 1937 the airport was spread out beyond an landing strip and an disposal construction when the Palm Beach Aero Corporation obtained a rent, constructed depots and the 1st depot on the southward side of the airport. The new depot got known as the Eastern Air Lines Terminal. The field was used by the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, setting about in 1941. Following the assail on Pearl Harbor Morrison field was used as a ground for the allied invasion of France, many aeroplanes start from Morrison, en path to the United Kingdom, to take division in the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
In 1947 the Army Air Corps travel to Mobile, Alabama and commercial services by Eastern and National Airlines restarted from Morrison Field. On August 11, 1948, the name of the airport was modified to Palm Beach International Airport. The airport was again used by the armed forces in 1951. Renamed Morrison Air Force Base, the installation was used to railroad train well-nigh 23,000 flyers during the Korean War. On March 1953 the county opened the airport's 2nd rider depot on the southward side of the field. Following the Korean War, the federal authority tried to do Morrison AFB a lasting armed forces installment, nevertheless the County struggled the travel and took over airport functioning in 1959. Delta Air Lines started scheduled service in 1959 and was come after by Capital Airlines in 1960. Jet-powered voyages were presented by Eastern Airlines in 1959 with the turbo-propeller plane Lockheed L-188 Electra.
On October 1966 a jet-age eight-gate Main Terminal Building was opened on the northeast quadrant of the airport. In 1974, Delta Air Lines moved into its own six-gate unit depot which characteristic the airport's 1st jetways. The FAA constructed a new ATC Control Tower on the southward side of the airport during this time period.
On October 23, 1988, the 25-gate David McCampbell Terminal, named for World War II naval winging 1, Medal of Honor receiver and Palm Beach County inhabitant CAPT David McCampbell, USN (Ret) was officially committed. The 550,000 sq ft (51,000 m²) depot was planned with enlargement in head and is able to be bivalent in size of it when claimed.
In 2003 its depot was voted amongst the finest in the country by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler Magazine. In that same yr, a new landscaped and province of the art I-95 interchange was made to diminish traffic on Southern Blvd (US 98) continuing Turnage Boulevard (the route around the circumference of the concourse).
Aggressive competition for the southern stop of the airport's market place from quickly spreading out Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport directed to an unanticipated doldrums of rider development at the airport throughout the 1990s. The 2001 recession and the September eleventh terrorist assails further conquered development in 2001 and 2002. However, rapid development in South Florida since 2002 has eventually guided to a heave of rider traffic at the airport. In addition, disregard bearers such as JetBlue make up one's mind to do PBIA a mini-hub for traveler from the nor'-east during this time period, further increasing traffic at the airport. In 2006, the County embarked on an lag enlargement plan by interrupting dry land on a new seven narration parkland garage and the addition of three entrances within Concourse C. Long bush enlargements include an enlargement of entrances at Concourse B and the eventual building of a new 14 entrance Concourse D to be continued east from the present depot.
A aspect of Palm Beach International Airport, taken from what was the 391st Bomb Group Restaurant off of Southern Boulevard.Annual rider numerates
Enplaning and deplaning united.
2008 - 6,476,303
2007 - 6,936,449
2006 - 6,824,789
2005 - 7,014,237
2004 - 6,537,263
2003 - 6,010,820
2002 - 5,483,662
2001 - 5,934,904
2000 - 5,842,594
1999 - 5,742,634
1998 - 5,899,482
1997 - 5,813,361
1996 - 5,680,913
1995 - 5,418,831
1994 - 5,588,540
1993 - 5,074,132
1992 - 5,023,963
1991 - 5,077,573
1990 - 5,691,410
Facilities
Palm Beach International Airport covers 2,120 acres (858 ha) and has 3 landing track:
- Runway 9L/27R: 10,008 x 150 foot. (3,050 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 9R/27L: 3,213 x 75 foot. (979 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 13/31: 6,931 x 150 foot. (2,113 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Air Traffic Control Tower
A new 240-foot Air Traffic Control tower is now under building on the northward side of the airport (due west of concourse A, off Belvedere Rd.) alongside with a single-story, 9,000-square human foot ATBM Base Building. The current tower lies on the southern side of the airport.
Helicopters
- Helicopter functioning typically use 09R/27L or its parallel taxi strip, or do a direct draw close to either Customs or the Galaxy Aviation incline.
- Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office (PBSO) back up its air part from a depot at the southwest corner of the airport.
- Health Care District of Palm Beach County functions the Traumahawk with Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue from a depot at the southwest corner of the airport, next to PBSO.
Other Hangars
- General Aviation FBO's and depots are turn up alongside the southern border of the airport, with gate access available by the Jet Aviation FBO.
Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services
The Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue Aviation Battalion is turn up between landing track at PBI. The battalion is make up of three changes over of Aviation Firefighters, Florida Paramedics, a switch Lieutenant and District Chief. The Aviation Battalion Chief supervises all facets in the battalion. The battalion is responsible for Emergency Medical Services and fire protection for the entire airport.
There is one Rescue/Pumper unit (ambulance/mini-pumper), four Airport Crash Trucks, one mobile dictation unit, one back up motortruck (with basketball backboard, human remains pouch, air bottles, etc.), one plane step motortruck, and three Battalion Officer vehicles in the Battalion.
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