Sierra Vista Municipal Airport

Sierra Vista Municipal Airport (IATA: FHU, ICAO: KFHU, FAA LID: FHU), a joint-use civil-military airport which shares facilities with Libby Army Airfield, is located on Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, a city and U.S. Army installation in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The airport has three runways and one helipad. It is mostly used for military aviation for the surrounding military base.

Sierra Vista Municipal Airport

Libby Army Airfield
Summary
Airport typePublic / military
OperatorCity of Sierra Vista and
United States Army
ServesSierra Vista, Arizona
LocationFort Huachuca
Elevation AMSL4,719 ft / 1,438 m
Coordinates31°35′18″N 110°20′40″W
Map
FHU
FHU
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 12,001 3,658 Concrete
12/30 5,366 1,636 Asphalt/concrete
3/21 4,285 1,306 Asphalt/concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 40 12 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations157,184
Based aircraft118

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,304 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 2,041 enplanements in 2006.[2] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, Sierra Vista is a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 passenger boardings per year).[3]

Historical Airline Service

The airport has seen scheduled commercial service to Tucson and Phoenix by at least ten commuter air carriers from the 1960's through 2007:

Apache Airlines in the 1960's

Cochise Airlines in the 1970's

Copper State Airlines 1980-1982

Golden Airways 1981-1983

Sierra Vista Aviation 1983-1987

Golden Pacific Airlines 1987

StatesWest Airlines 1989-1991. From mid-1990 through 1991 StatesWest operated as USAir Express on behalf of USAir.

Mesa Airlines 1989-2002. From late 1992 through late 2002 Mesa operated as America West Express on behalf of America West Airlines.

National Aircompany 2003-2004

Great Lakes Airlines 2005-2007.[4]

The airport has not seen commercial service since Great Lakes Airlines ended on February 28, 2007.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Sierra Vista Municipal/Libby Army Airfield has three runways and one helipad:[1]

  • Runway 8/26: 12,001 x 150 ft (3,658 x 46 m), surface: concrete
  • Runway 12/30: 5,366 x 100 ft (1,636 x 30 m), surface: asphalt/concrete
  • Runway 3/21: 4,285 x 75 ft (1,306 x 23 m), surface: asphalt/concrete
  • Helipad H1: 40 x 40 ft (12 x 12 m), surface: asphalt

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 157,184 aircraft operations, an average of 430 per day: 74% military, 24% general aviation, 1% scheduled commercial and <1% air taxi. There are 118 aircraft based at this airport: 59% single engine, 24% military, 7% multi engine, 7% helicopters and 3% ultralights.[1]

Cargo Airline
AirlinesDestinations
Ameriflight Phoenix-Sky Harbor

Accidents and incidents

On January 1, 2015, a Cochise County Sheriff's Office helicopter crashed 20 miles north of the airport while returning to it after having had maintenance work performed at the Phoenix area. Pilot and former police officer Jeff Steele and mechanic Marc Hansen, a pilot himself, were both killed.[6]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for FHU PDF, effective 2007-10-25
  2. FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2006
  3. FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011
  4. Airline timetables and the Official Airline Guide
  5. "Commercial air service to Sierra Vista Municipal Airport to end March 1st". City of Sierra Vista press release. 2007-02-02.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-01-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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