Provo Municipal Airport

Provo Municipal Airport (IATA: PVU, ICAO: KPVU, FAA LID: PVU) is two miles (3 km) west of Provo, in Utah County, Utah. The airport is served by Allegiant Air which operates flights to four airports - Denver International Airport, Phoenix/Mesa Gateway Airport, Los Angeles International Airport and Tucson International Airport with flights to John Wayne Airport beginning on February 12, 2021.[2] Allegiant uses Airbus A319 and Airbus A320 family aircraft.

Provo Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Provo
ServesProvo, Utah
LocationProvo, Utah
Elevation AMSL4,497 ft / 1,370.7 m
Coordinates40°13′09.1″N 111°43′24.1″W
Websitehttp://flyprovo.com
Map
PVU
PVU
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 8,603 2,622 Asphalt
18/36 6,628 2,020 Asphalt
Statistics (CY 2013)
Enplanements30,090[1]
% Change from CY 20121.13%

Overview
Terminal in July, 2017

The airport has rarely had scheduled airline flights. In June 2011 Frontier Airlines began daily flights to Denver. Salt Lake City International Airport (about 40 miles (64 km) north) is the closest airport with numerous flights. (SkyWest Airlines flew to Provo in 1974–1975.)[3]

Frontier's flights to Denver ended in January 2013.[4] Allegiant Air began flights to Phoenix/Mesa in February 2013,[5] and in March 2013 announced twice-weekly flights to Oakland International Airport beginning June 7, 2013.[6] On July 4, 2013, it was announced that Allegiant Air would begin flying to Los Angeles International Airport beginning September 26, 2013.[7] In June 2016, Allegiant Air announced it would begin flying to San Diego International Airport beginning September 28, 2016.[8] Service to Oakland and San Diego was suspended in 2018. Service to Tucson International Airport began on Nov 16, 2018. In August 2020, Allegiant Air announced it would begin flying to Denver International Airport beginning November 19, 2020.[9]


The airport has one fixed-base operator and is frequently used for flight training and is home to flight schools, including one operated by Utah Valley University. In the last 6 months of 2011, the airport had 14,858 enplanements.

History

The airport's Air Traffic Control Tower opened in 2005; previously, the airport was uncontrolled. When the control tower opened, the nearby airspace became Class D airspace over a radius of 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) around the airport and up to 7,000 feet (2,100 m) MSL (2500 feet AGL), with a circular cutout in the southern portion surrounding nearby Spanish Fork-Springville Airport, which is not Class D.

In anticipation of airline service, a new terminal area was built in early 2011 to house Transportation Security Administration equipment for passenger screening. As of August 2012, a millimeter wave full body scanner is in use.[10] In November 2019, the airport broke ground on a new $40 million terminal. The new terminal will have 4 gates initially with future expansion to 10 gates in total. The terminal is expected to be completed in December 2021, with a full shift to the new terminal and gates in early 2022.[11][12]

Facilities

Provo Municipal Airport covers 869 acres (3.5 km2) and has two runways:

  • 13/31: 8,603 ft × 150 ft (2,622 m × 46 m) Asphalt
  • 18/36: 6,628 ft × 150 ft (2,020 m × 46 m) Asphalt

Airline and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Allegiant Air Los Angeles, Orange County (begins February 12, 2021),[13] Phoenix/Mesa, Tucson
Seasonal: Denver

Statistics
Busiest domestic routes from PVU
(November 2019 - October 2020)[14]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Phoenix/Mesa, Arizona (AZA) 66,770 Allegiant
2 Los Angeles, California (LAX) 10,440 Allegiant
3 Tucson, Arizona (TUS) 6,1830 Allegiant

Annual traffic
Annual Passenger Traffic at PVU[15]
Year Passengers Year Passengers
2016 151,000 2019 214,000
2017 176,000 2020165,000
2018 155,000 2021

Accidents and Incidents

There has been a total of 22 Accidents and Incidents in and around the Provo Airport since 1984[16]

References
  1. "Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) and All-Cargo Data for U.S. Airports" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. June 20, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 16, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  2. https://www.allegiantair.com/search/route-announcements-111720
  3. "SkyWest 35 Years". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  4. Finley, Jeff (14 September 2012). "Frontier Airlines to suspend Provo airport flights".
  5. "New Provo-to-Phoenix flights ease sting of lost route".
  6. "Press Release - Investor Relations - Allegiant Air". ir.allegiantair.com.
  7. "Allegiant Air plans a third route from Provo airport".
  8. "Allegiant Air breaks into Newark as it adds 3 cities to route map".
  9. "Allegiant Adds Provo to Denver". Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  10. "Provo Airport gets TSA's advanced imaging". Daily Herald. Daily Herald (Utah). Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  11. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/11/06/provo-airport-launches/
  12. Pugmire, Genelle. "Provo Municipal Council receives airport terminal update". Daily Herald. Daily Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  13. https://www.allegiantair.com/search/route-announcements-111720
  14. "Provo, Utah". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Oct 2016.
  15. "OST_R - BTS - Transtats". www.transtats.bts.gov.
  16. https://planecrashmap.com/list/ut/
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