Havre City–County Airport

Havre City–County Airport (IATA: HVR, ICAO: KHVR, FAA LID: HVR) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Havre, a city in Hill County, Montana, United States. It is owned by the City of Havre and Hill County.[1] The airport is served by one commercial airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Havre City–County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Havre & Hill County
ServesHavre, Montana
Elevation AMSL2,591 ft / 790 m
Coordinates48°32′35″N 109°45′44″W
Website
Map
HVR
Location of airport in Montana / United States
HVR
HVR (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 5,205 1,586 Asphalt
3/21 3,699 1,127 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations7,994
Based aircraft20

As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 180 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 744 in 2009, and 961 in 2010.[3] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires 2,500 enplanements per year, and Havre does not have that).[4]

Scheduled air service temporarily ceased on March 8, 2008, when Big Sky Airlines ended operations in bankruptcy. Great Lakes Airlines was given United States Department of Transportation approval to take over Essential Air Service (EAS)[5] and flights began in 2009. The airport is now served by Cape Air under EAS contract.

Facilities and aircraft

Havre City–County Airport covers an area of 720 acres (291 ha) at an elevation of 2,591 feet (790 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 8/26 is 5,205 by 100 feet (1,586 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 3,699 by 60 feet.[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 7,994 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day: 85% general aviation, 14% air charter, and 1% military. At that time 20 aircraft were based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% multi-engine.[1]

Airline and destination

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

AirlinesDestinations
Cape Air Billings

Statistics
Carrier shares: (Dec 2015 - Nov 2016)[6]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
Cape Air
4,590(100%)
Top domestic destinations: (Dec 2015 - Nov 2016)[6]
Rank Airport Passengers Airline
1 Billings, Montana 2,000 Cape Air

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for HVR PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  5. "Great Lakes prepares for Montana routes". Sidney Herald. Montana. December 30, 2007. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
  6. "Havre, MT: Havre City–County (HVR)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2017.

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