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Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Website
  
www.FlyKilleen.net

10,000
  
3,048

Elevation
  
309 m

Elevation AMSL
  
1,015 ft / 309 m

15/33
  
10,000

Code
  
GRK

Phone
  
+1 254-501-6100

Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport

Location
  
Fort Hood / Killeen, Texas

Address
  
Fort Hood, 8101 S Clear Creek Rd, Killeen, TX 76549, USA

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Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport (IATA: GRK, ICAO: KGRK, FAA LID: GRK) is a small military/commercial joint-use airport that operates alongside Robert Gray Army Airfield. The airport is based inside the south end of the Fort Hood Military Reservation (known as West Fort Hood), six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) southwest of the central business district of Killeen, Texas, in unincorporated Bell County. The commercial side replaced the old Killeen Municipal Airport (now Skylark Field), which was unable to expand.

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As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 232,299 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 231,500 enplanements in 2009, and 243,861 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).

Facilities and aircraft

The airport has one runway designated 15/33 with a PEM (Porous European Mix) surface measuring 10,000 by 200 feet (3,048 x 61 m). For the 12-month period ending April 10, 2010, the airport had 12,208 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 98.5% scheduled commercial and 1.5% general aviation (military aircraft operations were not included). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2015, the airport had 16,318 aircraft operations consisting of 55.9% scheduled commercial, 43.7% military, and 0.37% general aviation.

Airlines and destinations

Killeen Regional Airport currently offers 3 Non-stop destinations.

Historically, Allegiant Airlines offered twice weekly service to Las Vegas. After nine months serviced ended in February 2006.

It is not uncommon to see NCAA football charters parked at gates 1 and 6 for away teams facing the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor, or for the university itself. Usual airlines for these charters include Sun Country, Xtra Airways, and Southwest Airlines

References

Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport Wikipedia