Jackson Hole Airport
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Jackson Hole Airport is a single runway public airport located in Jackson, Teton County, Wyoming, USA. The airport is one of the only ones in the country inside a national park, in this case Grand Teton. A large fraction of air travellers headed to Grand Teton or nearby Yellowstone National Park and western Wyoming go through the airport. The airport sports an unusual terminal building in the form of a pioneer log cabin; this aesthetic design blends with the surrounding environment and serves to attract visitors.
History
The airport was created in the 1930s as the best place to put an airport in Teton County. The airport was declared a national monument in 1943, and merged with Grand Teton National Park in 1950. In 1959 the runway was extended to its current length to better accommodate larger planes, especially the DC-3. In the 1960s and 1970s, the possibility of extending the runway to 8,000 feet to accommodate jet aircraft was considered. Strong opposition from the National Park Service over noise and other environmental effects prevented such an extension. However, development of better jet engines in the late seventies made it possible to land jets on the existing runway. [link]
Airlines
- American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Ft. Worth) (seasonal)
- Big Sky Airlines (Boise)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Salt Lake City) (seasonal)
- * Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Salt Lake City)
- * Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
- Northwest Airlines (Billings, Minneapolis/St. Paul) (seasonal)
- United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver) (seasonal)
- * United Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Denver)
References
- [Airport Master Record (FAA Form 5010)], also available as a [printable form] (PDF)
- [Jackson Hole Airport] (official web site)
External links
- [FAA Airport Diagram] (PDF)
- Resources for this airport:
- * AirNav [airport information for KJAC]
- * FlightAware [airport information] and [live flight tracker]
- * NOAA/NWS [current] and [historical] weather observations
- * SkyVector [aeronautical chart for KJAC]
- [Maps and aerial photos]
- * Street map from [Google Maps] or [Yahoo! Maps]
- * Topographic map from [TopoZone]
- * Aerial image or topographic map from [TerraServer-USA]
- * Satellite image from [Google Maps] or [Microsoft Virtual Earth]
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