Addison Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Addison | ||||||||||
| Serves | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||
| Location | Addison, Texas | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 644 ft / 196.3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°58′07″N 096°50′11″W / 32.96861°N 96.83639°WCoordinates: 32°58′07″N 096°50′11″W / 32.96861°N 96.83639°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.addisonairport.net | ||||||||||
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| Aircraft operations | 133,557 |
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| Based aircraft | 774 |
Addison Airport (IATA: ADS, ICAO: KADS, FAA LID: ADS) is a public airport in Addison, in Dallas County, Texas. It is nine miles (14 km) north of downtown Dallas.
The airport opened in 1954 and was purchased by the town of Addison in 1976. The airport is home to the Cavanaugh Flight Museum.
The Addison Airport Toll Tunnel allows east-west traffic to cross the airport under the runway and was completed in 1999.
Addison Airport covers 368 acres (149 ha); its one runway, 15/33, is 7,202-by-100-foot (2,195 m × 30 m) concrete. In 2006 the airport had 133,557 aircraft operations, average 365 per day: 88% general aviation, 12% air taxi, <1% airline and <1% military. 774 aircraft were then based at the airport: 49% single-engine, 24% multi-engine, 24% jet and 3% helicopter.
Three fixed-base operators are on the field, Atlantic Aviation, Landmark Aviation, and Million Air.
Charter services are available from a variety of companies, with Business Jet Solutions and Bombardier FlexJet having large operations at the field.
The airport is the headquarters of Ameristar Air Cargo, GTA Air, and Martinaire, and also has scheduled freight flights from AirNet, Flight Express, and Flight Development.
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