Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 2,591 ft / 790 m 5,205 1,586 Elevation 789 m | Serves Havre, Montana 8/26 5,205 Code HVR Phone +1 406-265-4671 | |
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Owner City of Havre & Hill County Address 5404 9th St W, Havre, MT 59501, USA Similar Havre Station, Tilleman Motor Company, Budget Car Rental, Havre Daily News, Great Northern Fair | ||
Havre City–County Airport (IATA: HVR, ICAO: KHVR, FAA LID: HVR) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Havre, a city in Hill County, Montana, United States. It is owned by the City of Havre and Hill County. The airport 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 180 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 744 in 2009, and 961 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires 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 now on Cape Air under EAS contract.
Facilities and aircraft
Havre City–County Airport covers an area of 720 acres (291 ha) at an elevation of 2,591 feet (790 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 8/26 is 5,205 by 100 feet (1,586 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 3,699 by 60 feet.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 7,994 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day: 85% general aviation, 14% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time 20 aircraft were based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% multi-engine.
Airline and destinations
The following airline offers scheduled passenger service: