Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 2,296 ft / 700 m 5,001 1,524 Elevation 700 m | Serves Glasgow, Montana 12/30 5,001 Code GGW | |
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Owner City of Glasgow & Valley County | ||
Glasgow International Airport (also known as Wokal Field, IATA: GGW, ICAO: KGGW, FAA LID: GGW) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Glasgow, a city in Valley County, Montana, United States. The airport is owned by the city and county. It is served by one commercial airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
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As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 343 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 1,156 in 2009, and 1,630 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).
Scheduled air service temporarily ceased on March 8, 2008, when Big Sky Airlines ended operations in bankruptcy. Great Lakes Airlines was given USDOT approval to take over Essential Air Service (EAS) and flights began in 2009. Service is currently provided under EAS contract by Cape Air.
History
Glasgow Army Air Field, also known as the Glasgow Satellite Airfield, was activated on November 10, 1942. It was one of three satellite fields of Great Falls Army Air Base which accommodated a bombardment group. There were four Bomber Squadrons within this group, one located at the Great Falls Army Air Base and one at each of the three satellite air fields at Lewistown, Glasgow and Cut Bank.
The 96th Bombardment Squadron of the Second Bombardment Group arrived at Glasgow Army Air Field on November 29, 1942. Heavy bomber squadrons of the time usually consisted of 8 B-17s with 37 officers and 229 enlisted men. The satellite field was used by B-17 bomber crews from the Second Air Force during the second phase of their training. Actual bombing and gunnery training was conducted at the airfield's associated sites, Glasgow Pattern Bombing Range and the Glasgow Pattern Gunnery Range, though other training sites within the bombardment group were probably also used. The target-towing aircraft assigned to the Fort Peck Aerial Gunnery Range were also stationed at Glasgow. The last unit to complete training at Glasgow Satellite Field was the 614th Bombardment Squadron of the 401st Bombardment Group, which left for England in October 1943.
On December 1, 1944 a German prisoner-of-war camp was established at the site. On July 15, 1946 the Glasgow Army Air Field was classified surplus and it was subsequently transferred to the War Assets Administration on November 18, 1946.
Facilities and aircraft
Wokal Field/Glasgow International Airport covers an area of 1,552 acres (628 ha) at an elevation of 2,296 feet (700 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 12/30 is 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m) and 8/26 is 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 29,978 aircraft operations, an average of 82 per day: 64.7% general aviation, 35% air taxi, and 0.3% military. At that time 77 aircraft were based at this airport: 94% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, and 1% jet.
Airline and destination
Airline offering scheduled passenger service to non-stop destinations: