Airport type Public 1/19 6,003 Code ALE Phone +1 432-837-5929 | Owner City of Alpine Elevation AMSL 4,515 ft / 1,376 m 6,003 1,830 Elevation 1,376 m | |
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Address 3401 TX-118, Alpine, TX 79830, USA Similar Alpine‑C Municipal Airport, Alpine Chamber of Comm, Sul Ross State University, Alpine Station, Big Bend Regional Medical | ||
Alpine casparis municipal airport top 6 facts
Alpine–Casparis Municipal Airport (IATA: ALE, FAA LID: E38) is a city-owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district of Alpine, a city in Brewster County, Texas, United States. It supports two small runways, and is not meant for large commercial planes. Alpine-Casparis is the only airport in Brewster County, and provides air services to most of the area.
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- Alpine casparis municipal airport top 6 facts
- Former airline service
- Accident
- Facilities and aircraft
- References
The airport provides Alpine with a modest sum of money. Being the only airport in the general area, and very close to the largest city in the county, makes it an adequate stop for small commercial or private aircraft. It is not uncommon for the airport's three hangars to be full during the summer, when air travel in the area is at its highest. Alpine–Casparis Municipal Airport earns the city about $908,000 a year. The airport provides 17 jobs to the city, and has an average of 2100 patrons annually. The airport itself is used for recreational flying, flight training, small cargo shipping, refueling stops, and medical flights.
Former airline service
The airport previously had scheduled passenger air service operated by Lone Star Airlines, a commuter air carrier, during the early 1990s flown with Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner propjets. In 1992, Lone Star was flying nonstop to Austin (AUS) with continuing direct service to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). By 1993, Lone Star was continuing to fly direct one stop service to Dallas/Fort Worth via an intermediate stop in Brownwood, Texas.
Trans-Texas Airways (TTa) also served Alpine via the Marfa Municipal Airport from the late 1940s to the late 1950s with Douglas DC-3 "Starliners".
Accident
On July 4, 2010, a twin-engine Cessna 421 operated by O’Hara Flying Service II LP of Amarillo flying as an air ambulance was en route to Midland, Texas when it crashed in a field one mile (1.6 km) east of Alpine–Casparis Municipal Airport, killing all five persons on board.
Facilities and aircraft
Alpine–Casparis Municipal Airport covers an area of 196 acres (79 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 measuring 6,003 x 75 ft (1,830 x 23 m) and 5/23 measuring 5,018 x 60 ft (1,529 x 18 m).
For the 12-month period ending July 22, 2006, the airport had 9,350 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. There are 32 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine, 6% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.
The airport's only scheduled service as of January 2013 is a Monday through Friday cargo flight operated by Ameriflight on behalf of UPS to Midland, Texas.