Tyler Pounds Regional Airport
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Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (former Pounds Army Airfield) |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Tyler | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Tyler, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 544 ft / 166 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°21′14″N 095°24′10″W / 32.35389°N 95.40278°WCoordinates: 32°21′14″N 095°24′10″W / 32.35389°N 95.40278°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.cityoftyler.org/... | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Aircraft operations | 48,677 |
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| Based aircraft | 152 |
Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (IATA: TYR, ICAO: KTYR, FAA LID: TYR) is a city-owned airport three miles west of Tyler, in Smith County, Texas, United States.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records show 76,168 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 73,841 in 2009 and 74,357 in 2010.
The airport has been expanding to meet goals in "The Tyler Master Plan"; in August 17, 2002, the airport opened a new terminal building, doubling its space. Tyler is a large center for General Aviation, with three public parking lots for General Aviation arrivals.
The airport opened in November 1929 as Tyler Municipal Airport. During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base and renamed Pounds Field after Lieutenant Jack Windham Pounds. At the end of the war the airfield was turned over to local government for civil use and became Tyler Pounds Regional Airport.
Airline flights began in the 1930s. Tyler was listed in Delta Air Lines timetables by 1936 as part of a Dallas-Atlanta route via Shreveport and other intermediate stops. During the 1940s and early 1950s this service was operated with Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft. By 1958 Delta had ended its service to Tyler and with the airport no longer being listed in its timetables. In 1936, Braniff Airways offered connections to Tyler via Delta's service; however, this airline's timetables show no evidence that Braniff ever actually served Tyler.
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