SOUTH BEND REGIONAL AIRPORT

'South Bend Regional Airport' is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of South Bend, a city in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States. This airport is publicly owned by St. Joseph County Airport Authority. It is the state's second busiest airport after Indianapolis International Airport.
The airport has been known in the past as 'Bendix Field', 'St. Joseph County Airport' and 'Michiana Regional Transportation Center'. The airport was renamed South Bend Regional Airport to help identify the airport's location since many travelers were unaware of the meaning or location of Michiana (taken from 'MICH'igan and Ind'IANA').

Contents

Administration

Facilities

Airport operations

Airlines and destinations

Concourse A

Concourse C

Viewing area

South Shore Train Line

Incidents

References

External links

Administration

Known by the FAA as a small-hub airport (Bureau of Transportation Statistics), South Bend Regional Airport is one of only a few multi-modal transportation facilities in America that provides air, interstate bus and interstate rail service from one multi-modal terminal facility. The St. Joseph County Airport Authority claims the airport was the first truly multi-modal airport in the country.
The St. Joseph County Airport Authority is the administrative body over the airport and also provides police, fire and medical protection to the airport and its occupants. The members of the airport safety department are cross-trained as State-certified law enforcement officers, State-certified paramedics/EMTs and State-certified firefighters. The airport has been directed by John C. Schalliol for more than 25 years.

Facilities

According to the airport authority, Runway 18/36 is currently under construction. An extension of about 1,100 feet is being applied to the South-end of the runway which will make its new length, upon completion in first quarter 2007, 7,100 feet. Taxiway November will also be made full length, and the runway connector N3 will be re-opened after over a decade of being closed.
The terminal has two concourses, A and C. Concourse A has 6 gates, 3 of which have ground-level boarding bridges. Concourse C has 5 gates, one of which as a ground-level boarding bridge (currently being used by Delta Connection and Allegiant Air). All boarding bridges are full-size and capable of accommodating most commercial aircraft today. Gate A-6 had a ground-level boarding bridge in the 1990s, but it has since been removed.
The airport's concourses have what are known as hold rooms. These vary slightly from some airports that have seating areas specific to a gate. Hold Room A serves all gate areas in Concourse A, and Hold Room C serves all gate areas in Concourse C.

Airport operations

The airport is second only to Indianapolis by means of passenger movements and air carrier service (Bureau of Transportation Statistics). In fact, according to the airport authority, South Bend is ranked in the top 20 percent of small-to-medium sized airports in terms of air service. The airport falls to third place behind Indianapolis and Fort Wayne in cargo operations, and fifth in the state for overall take-offs and landings. Due to South Bend's proximity to Chicago, South Bend air traffic controllers work closely with Chicago Center and Chicago Approach Control to sequence aircraft into and out of Chicago's terminal airspace. These efforts make South Bend's Tower/TRACON the second busiest terminal air traffic facility in the state.

Airlines and destinations

Concourse A

Airlines & Destinations served from
South Bend Regional Airport
(As of 2007)

★ Northwest Airlines

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★ Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Detroit)

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★ Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul)

★ United Airlines

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★ United Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare)

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★ United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare)

Concourse C

★ Allegiant Air (Las Vegas, Orlando-Sanford, St. Petersburg/Clearwater)

★ Continental Airlines

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★ Continental Connection operated by CommutAir (Cleveland)

★ Delta Air Lines

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★ Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)

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★ Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)

Viewing area

South Bend Regional Airport has an in-terminal viewing area with live air traffic control transmissions from South Bend Air Traffic Control Tower/TRACON. The viewing area is located on the second level of the terminal's atrium.

South Shore Train Line

The South Shore Line (NICTD) ends at SBN. The station is located at the east end of the terminal.

Incidents

★ On the evening of July 18th, 2007, lighting struck the airfield, causing the runway lights to turn off. Planes en route to South Bend were diverted elsewhere and all flights planned to take off to/from South Bend were cancelled. Planes were still not able to take off in the morning of July 19th because the lights had not been fixed and it was still dark out. As a result, many flights were cancelled and passengers were put on different flights. Later that day though, the lights were fixed and flights resumed their normal schedules.

References

External links

★ South Bend Regional Airport (official site)

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★ Airlines

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★ Live webcam

★ Airline On-Time Reports compiled by the Federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics

★ Aerial photo from Indiana Department of Transportation

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