NORTHWEST ALABAMA REGIONAL AIRPORT

'Northwest Alabama Regional Airport' is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) east of the central business district of Muscle Shoals, a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. The airport is operated by the counties of Colbert and Lauderdale. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 5,166 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 6,157 enplanements in 2005.^[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Northwest Alabama Regional is classified as ''commercial service - non-primary'' because it has between 2,500 and 10,000 passenger boardings per year.^[2]

Contents

Facilities

Airline and destinations

References

External links

Facilities

Northwest Alabama Regional Airport covers 615 acres and has two runways:

★ Runway 11/29: 6,693 x 150 ft. (2,040 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

★ Runway 18/36: 4,000 x 100 ft. (1,219 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

Airline and destinations

★ Northwest Airlines

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★ Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Memphis, Tupelo)

References

1. FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2005
2. FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011

External links

★ Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (official site)

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★ Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 7856) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:

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★ Order 2006-11-12: Reselects Mesaba Aviation (d/b/a Northwest Airlink) to provide essential air service

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★ Order 2006-8-10: Request for proposals to provide essential air service

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★ Order 2006-3-16: Approves alternate service pattern requested by Mesaba Aviation (d/b/a Northwest Airlink)

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★ Order 2005-2-11: Reselects Mesaba Aviation (Northwest Airlink), to provide subsidized essential air service