Page Municipal Airport
| Page Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Page | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Page, Arizona | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,316 ft / 1,316 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°55′34″N 111°26′54″W / 36.92611°N 111.44833°WCoordinates: 36°55′34″N 111°26′54″W / 36.92611°N 111.44833°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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| Aircraft operations | 48,781 |
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| Based aircraft | 53 |
Page Municipal Airport (IATA: PGA, ICAO: KPGA, FAA LID: PGA) is a mile east of Page, in Coconino County, Arizona. The airport sees one airline, subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $2,472,028 (per year).
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems categorized it as a primary commercial service airport. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 33,118 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 30,574 in 2009 and 20,264 in 2010.
Page Municipal Airport covers 555 acres (225 ha) at an elevation of 4,316 feet (1,316 m). It has two asphalt runways: 15/33 is 5,950 by 150 feet (1,814 x 46 m); 7/25 is 2,201 by 75 feet (671 x 23 m).
In the year ending June 30, 2011 the airport had 24,800 aircraft operations, average 67 per day: 50% air taxi, 41% general aviation, 8% airline and <1% military. 87 aircraft were then based at this airport: 71% single-engine, 17% multi-engine, 7% helicopter, and 5% jet.
The Page Airport was officially named the "Royce K Knight Field" on July 14, 1988 in recognition of the man who started the Page Airport during the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam. Royce ran the FBO which offered scenic flights over the Grand Canyon and Lake Powell areas.
Bonanza Air Lines began serving Page during the early 1960s with 40-passenger Fairchild F-27 turboprops with daily direct service to Phoenix via a stop at the Grand Canyon National Park Airport and also daily to Salt Lake City via a stop in Cedar City, Utah. Bonanza then merged with Pacific Air Lines and West Coast Airlines to form Air West which in 1968 was continuing to serve Page with daily direct F-27 flights to Phoenix via stops at the Grand Canyon airport and Prescott, Arizona as well as direct to Salt Lake City via Cedar City. Air West then changed its name to Hughes Airwest which in 1972 was operating daily direct F-27 service to Las Vegas via Grand Canyon airport and also direct to Salt Lake City via Cedar City on a daily basis. By 1975, Hughes Airwest had introduced direct F-27 service on the weekdays to Los Angeles International Airport via stops at Grand Canyon, Las Vegas and Palm Springs as well as continuing to operate direct service to Salt Lake City via Cedar City. In 1977, Hughes Airwest was flying non-stop F-27 service to Phoenix on a weekday basis in addition to the direct flight to Salt Lake City via Cedar City and had turned over the Las Vegas service to SkyWest Airlines which was operating Piper Navajo twin prop aircraft on the route with non-stop flights. Hughes Airwest then discontinued all service into the airport and was no longer serving Page by 1980.
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