Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 1,289 ft / 393 m 12/30 7,201 Code HON Phone +1 605-353-8516 | Serves Huron, South Dakota Website FlyHuron.com/ 7,201 2,195 Elevation 393 m Owner Huron | |
Address 426 15th St NW, Huron, SD 57350, USA Similar ACE Rent A Car, Huron Automotive, Iverson Chrysler Dodge Je, Skyways Limited, Broadland Creek Golf Course | ||
Huron Regional Airport (IATA: HON, ICAO: KHON, FAA LID: HON) is a city owned public airport in Huron, within Beadle County, South Dakota. It hosts one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. It serves as a backup site for Sioux Falls Regional Airport
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Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 2,365 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 2,170 in 2009 and 2,016 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019 categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).
History
The airport was originally the W. W. Howes Municipal Airport, named in honor of William Washington Howes, First Assistant Postmaster General under Franklin Roosevelt. Howes brought airmail service to the Midwest. The airport hangar pictured, below, was named the W. W. Howes hangar in 1998 due to the efforts of Howes' grandson, Dr. Whiting Wicker.
Facilities and aircraft
Huron Regional Airport covers 1,235 acres (500 ha) at an elevation of 1,289 feet (393 m) above mean sea level. It has two concrete runways: 12/30 is 7,201 by 100 feet (2,195 x 30 m) and 17/35 is 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).
In 2010 the airport had 13,452 aircraft operations, average 36 per day: 89% general aviation, 9% scheduled commercial, and 2% military. 27 aircraft were then based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, and 7% helicopter.