RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

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'Reno-Tahoe International Airport' is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Reno, a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The airport covers an area of and has three runways. It serves the Reno metropolitan area, western Nevada, and parts of eastern California and is the closest commercial airport to the vacation and ski resort destination of Lake Tahoe.
Reno-Tahoe International Airport is the third busiest commercial airport in the state of Nevada after McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas Airport.
Reno-Tahoe International used to be the hub of Reno Air, a now-defunct medium sized airline that had offered non-stop MD-80 and MD-90 service to many cities, until Reno Air was bought and taken over by American Airlines and eventually completely disposed of in 2001. Reno Air's first flight was on July 1, 1992, and its last flight was on August 30, 1999.
The main lobby of Reno-Tahoe International Airport contains an exhibit featuring the bust of Nevada State Senator (and Nevada State Senate Majority Leader) William J. "Bill" Raggio. Raggio is described in the exhibit as being "The Father of the Airport Authority."

Contents

History

Accidents and incidents

Airlines and destinations

Sound levels

References

External links

History

The airport was built in 1929 by Boeing Transport Inc. and named 'Hubbard Field' after Boeing Air Transport VP and air transport pioneer Eddie Hubbard [1] [2]. It was acquired by United Airlines in 1936 and purchased by the City of Reno in 1953. The first terminal building was completed in time for the 1960 Olympics held in Squaw Valley, California. The airport received its current name in 1994, when the terminal was named in honor of former U.S. Senator Howard Cannon.^[1] Prior to that airport itself was named 'Reno-Cannon International Airport'.

Accidents and incidents

★ In the early morning hours of January 21, 1985, Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 took off from the airport for Minneapolis, Minnesota and crashed southwest of the airport while the pilots were attempting an emergency landing after experiencing an unexpected vibration from under the wing. An investigation attributed the crash to pilot error for failing to maintain proper control over the aircraft while investigating the cause of the vibration. The vibration was later found to be caused by an open air start service door which the ground crew failed to secure before departure. All but 1 of the 71 passengers and crew onboard were killed.

Airlines and destinations

★ Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma)

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★ Horizon Air (Los Angeles, Boise, Portland (OR), Seattle/Tacoma)

★ Aloha Airlines (Orange County)

★ Allegiant Air (Bellingham)

★ American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)

★ Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)

★ Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Salt Lake City)

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★ Delta Connection operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Los Angeles)

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★ Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)

★ Southwest Airlines (Boise, Chicago-Midway, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Oakland, Phoenix, Portland (OR), Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma)

★ United Airlines (San Francisco)

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★ Ted operated by United Airlines (Denver)

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★ United Express operated by SkyWest (Los Angeles, San Francisco)

★ US Airways

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★ US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)

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★ US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Las Vegas)

Sound levels

Sound levels have been analyzed for over two decades at this airport, with one of the first studies being a comprehensive production of aircraft sound level contour maps.^[2] Later analysis was conducted to anlayze sound levels at Kate Smith School and provide retrofitting to reduce sound levels through a Federal Aviation Administration grant.^[3]

References

★ Reno-Tahoe International Airport (official web site)

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★ Notes:
1. , Reno-Tahoe International Airport
2. Vegelatos, ''Reno Cannon International Airport Contour Maps'', prepared for the Reno Cannon International Airport (1985)
3. C.Michael Hogan and Ballard George, ''Aircraft Sound Insulation Study for the Kate Smith School, Sparks'', Earth Metrics, prepared for the FAA, January 8, 1988

External links

★ Reno Air

★ Reno Air Fleet Galleries

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