Coeur d'Alene Airport

Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field (IATA: COE, ICAO: KCOE, FAA LID: COE) is a county-owned public-use airport, located in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is located nine miles (14 km) northwest of the central business district of Coeur d'Alene[1][2] and is surrounded by the city of Hayden on three sides.

Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerKootenai County
ServesCoeur d'Alene, Idaho
LocationKootenai County, Idaho
Hub for
Elevation AMSL2,320 ft / 707 m
Websitewww.kcgov.us/160/Airport
Map
COE
Location of airport in Idaho / United States
COE
COE (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 7,400 2,256 Asphalt
2/20 5,400 1,646 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations123,048
Based aircraft186
Sources: airport website[1] and FAA[2]

The airport was known as Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal until September 2007, when it was renamed Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field to honor World War II multiple ace Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (1912–1988), a Medal of Honor recipient born in Coeur d'Alene.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

History

Built as Coeur d'Alene Municipal Airport in 1942 by the Corps of Engineers, it was equipped with two 5,400 ft x 500 ft. runways, the asphalt paving of which began in July 1942. A taxiway was also constructed, 5,400 ft. x 150 ft., but only paved to a width of 50 ft. The $357,729 paving contract was let to Roy S. Bair, of Spokane, Washington. A contract for electrical lighting for the field went to H. C. Moss, of Wenatchee, Washington, in the amount of $15,198.[9]

Facilities and aircraft

Coeur d'Alene Airport covers an area of 1,140 acres (4.6 km2) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 measuring 7,400 ft × 100 ft (2,256 m × 30 m) and 2/20 measuring 5,400 ft × 75 ft (1,646 m × 23 m)[2][10]

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 123,048 aircraft operations, an average of 337 per day: 77% general aviation, 22% air taxi and 1% military. There are 186 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 5% jet, 5% helicopter, 1% ultralight and <1% glider.[2]

Sign on the perimeter fence of the Coeur D'Alene (Idaho) Airport

References
  1. Coeur d'Alene Airport Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, official website
  2. FAA Airport Form 5010 for COE PDF, effective 2007-10-25
  3. Tom Greene (2007-09-20). "Airport renaming to feature flyover". Coeur d'Alene Press.
  4. Terry Stephens (September 2007). "Marines Win Long Campaign to Name Idaho Airport for "Pappy" Boyington". Airport Journals. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  5. Curless, Erica (June 19, 2007). "Persistent Boyington backers try again". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B1.
  6. Curless, Erica (August 8, 2007). "CdA airport renamed for 'Pappy'". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B3.
  7. Prager, Mike (September 23, 2007). "In proud landing, it's Pappy Boyington Field". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B1.
  8. Hagengruber, James (October 6, 2007). "Marines proud of airport's name". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B1.
  9. Associated Press, "Work Is Rushed On Big Airport", The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Tuesday 9 June 1942, Volume 60, Number 26, page 7.
  10. AIRNAV


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