Coeur d'Alene Airport

47°46′28″N 116°49′10″W / 47.77444°N 116.81944°W / 47.77444; -116.81944

Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerKootenai County
ServesCoeur d'Alene, Idaho
LocationKootenai County, Idaho
Hub for
Elevation AMSL2,320 ft / 707 m
Websitewww.kcgov.us/160/Airport
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 7,400 2,256 Asphalt
2/20 5,400 1,646 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations123,052
Based aircraft294
Sources: airport website[1] and FAA[2]

Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field (IATA: COE, ICAO: KCOE, FAA LID: COE) is a county-owned public-use airport, located in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is located nine miles (14 km) northwest of the central business district of Coeur d'Alene[1][2] and is surrounded by the city of Hayden on three sides.

The airport was known as Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal until September 2007, when it was renamed Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field to honor World War II multiple ace Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (1912–1988), a Medal of Honor recipient born in Coeur d'Alene.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

History

Built as Coeur d'Alene Municipal Airport in 1942 by the Corps of Engineers, it was equipped with two 5,400 ft x 500 ft. runways, the asphalt paving of which began in July 1942. A taxiway was also constructed, 5,400 ft. x 150 ft., but only paved to a width of 50 ft. The $357,729 paving contract was let to Roy S. Bair, of Spokane, Washington. A contract for electrical lighting for the field went to H. C. Moss, of Wenatchee, Washington, in the amount of $15,198.[9]

Facilities and aircraft

Coeur d'Alene Airport covers an area of 1,140 acres (4.6 km2) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 measuring 7,400 ft × 100 ft (2,256 m × 30 m) and 2/20 measuring 5,400 ft × 75 ft (1,646 m × 23 m)[2][10]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 123,052 aircraft operations, an average of 337 per day: 77% general aviation, 22% air taxi, 1% military, and <1% airline. There were 294 aircraft based at this airport: 253 single-engine, 18 multi-engine, 12 jet, 5 helicopter, 4 ultralight and 2 glider.[2]

Sign on the perimeter fence of the Coeur D'Alene (Idaho) Airport

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Coeur d'Alene Airport Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, official website
  2. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for COE PDF, effective 2023-07-13
  3. ^ Tom Greene (2007-09-20). "Airport renaming to feature flyover". Coeur d'Alene Press.
  4. ^ Terry Stephens (September 2007). "Marines Win Long Campaign to Name Idaho Airport for "Pappy" Boyington". Airport Journals. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  5. ^ Curless, Erica (June 19, 2007). "Persistent Boyington backers try again". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B1.
  6. ^ Curless, Erica (August 8, 2007). "CdA airport renamed for 'Pappy'". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B3.
  7. ^ Prager, Mike (September 23, 2007). "In proud landing, it's Pappy Boyington Field". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B1.
  8. ^ Hagengruber, James (October 6, 2007). "Marines proud of airport's name". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B1.
  9. ^ Associated Press, "Work Is Rushed On Big Airport", The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Tuesday 9 June 1942, Volume 60, Number 26, page 7.
  10. ^ AIRNAV
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