Glacier Park International Airport: Difference between revisions

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The airport's ICAO code was '''KFCA''', and most airlines still use that code for reservations purposes. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter [[location identifier]] for the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] and [[International Air Transport Association|IATA]], but Glacier Park International Airport is GPI to the FAA and FCA to the IATA (which assigned GPI to [[Guapi Airport]] in Colombia).

The airport was built in 1942 as Flathead County Airport, from which its IATA and original FAA and ICAO codes were derived. Airline flights operated by [[Northwest Airlines]] began in 1950; however, passenger traffic was sparse for years. In 1970 the airport was designated as an [[international airport]] and received its current name. In the 1970s and 1980s passenger traffic increased as [[Hughes Airwest]] (previously Air West), [[Western Airlines]], [[Delta Air Lines]] (which acquired Western), the original [[Frontier Airlines (1950–1986)]] and [[Horizon Air]] offered new jet service. Jetliners operated into the airport in the past include the [[Boeing 727-200]], [[Boeing 737-200]], [[Boeing 757-200]], [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30]] and [[Fokker F28]]. The 757 operated by Delta is the largest aircraft ever to have provided scheduled passenger service at the airport.

 

 

Service to [[Phoenix, Arizona]], on [[US Airways]] (formerly [[America West Airlines]] before it merged with US Airways) ended in 2007. [[West Coast Airlines]] served the airport in the 1960s with [[Fairchild F-27]] turboprops flying to Spokane, Seattle and Great Falls before this carrier merged with [[Bonanza Airlines]] and [[Pacific Air Lines]] to form Air West, which continued F-27 service from Kalispell. Air West was then renamed Hughes Airwest which in turn introduced [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30]] jet service. The original Frontier Airlines operated [[Boeing 737-200]]s during the 1970s with a routing of Kalispell–Missoula–Bozeman–Salt Lake City–Denver–St. Louis. By the 1980s, Frontier was continuing to operate Boeing 737-200s with Kalispell–Billings–Denver flights. [[Cascade Airways]] operated [[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner]]s (Metro III model) into FCA until it folded in 1986. In the 1990s, [[Horizon Air]], a subsidiary of [[Alaska Airlines]], flew Fokker F28 jets to Spokane and Seattle in addition to operating propjet service with [[de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8]]s, [[Dornier 328]]s and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners. Current Alaska Airlines service into the airport is operated by Horizon Air with the [[Embraer E-Jet family|Embraer 175]] regional jet.

The airport covers 1,525 acres (617&nbsp;ha) and has two [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] [[runway]]s: 2/20 is 9,007 x 150&nbsp;ft (2,745 x 46 m) and 12/30 is 3,510 x 75&nbsp;ft (1,070 x 23 m).<ref name=FAA /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://skyvector.com/airport/GPI/Glacier-Park-International-Airport|title=GPI airport data at skyvector.com|website=skyvector.com|access-date=September 23, 2022}}</ref> The airport holds a multitude of private aviation hangars, one commercial terminal, and an FBO to support the general aviation traffic.

 

 

Delta operates [[mainline (aeronautics)|mainline]] narrow-body jets and [[Delta Connection]] operates regional jets using [[Bombardier CRJ|CRJ]] and [[Embraer E-Jet family|Embraer]] aircraft. Daily nonstop flights to Minneapolis/St. Paul and Salt Lake City are operated year-round by both Delta and its regional affiliate. This is supplemented by seasonal/summer service to Atlanta on mainline aircraft and Los Angeles on E-175s operated by Compass Airlines.

Allegiant Air operates A319s and A320s nonstop twice weekly to Las Vegas and Phoenix/Mesa as well as seasonal bi-weekly service to Oakland and Los Angeles.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

 

 

==Airlines and destinations==

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{{Airport destination list

| [[Delta Air Lines]] | [[Salt Lake City International Airport|Salt Lake City]]<br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]]

| [[Delta Connection]] | [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]], [[Salt Lake City International Airport|Salt Lake City]]

| [[Sun Country Airlines]] | '''Seasonal:''' [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]]

| [[United Airlines]] | [[Denver International Airport|Denver]] <br />'''Seasonal:''' [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]]

[[File:IMG-MD-8068.jpg|thumb|right|Second floor airside waiting area]]

 

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| 2

| Delta

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| 3

| Alaska

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| 4

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| 5

| 35,000

| American, United

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| 6

| American

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| 15,000

| Allegiant

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| 8

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| 9

| 9,000

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| 10

| 7,000

| United

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