Airport type Public 8/26 6,511 Code LWS Phone +1 208-746-7962 | Elevation AMSL 1,442 ft / 440 m 6,511 1,985 Elevation 438 m | |
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Owner City of Lewiston &
Nez Perce County Serves Lewiston-Clarkston metropolitan area Address 406 Burrell Ave, Lewiston, ID 83501, USA Similar Enterprise Rent‑A‑Car, Lewiston, Pullman Regional Airport, Hertz, Budget Car Rental | ||
Lewiston–Nez Perce County Airport (IATA: LWS, ICAO: KLWS, FAA LID: LWS) is in Lewiston, Idaho. Owned by the city and Nez Perce County, it is in an elevated area two miles south of downtown.
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The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 64,379 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 62,210 in 2009 and 61,737 in 2010.
History
Dedicated in 1928, the airport became as a Chamber of Commerce project in 1931, and the original runway was paved in 1942. Jet service arrived in October 1969 after the completion of the 6,500-foot (1,980 m) runway 8/26.
Lewiston was served by West Coast Airlines Fairchild F-27s during the 1960s. West Coast merged with Bonanza Air Lines and Pacific Air Lines to form Air West in 1968 with the San Francisco-based airline being renamed Hughes Airwest in 1970.
Early jet service was flown by Hughes Airwest with Douglas DC-9-10s and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s as well as by Cascade Airways operating BAC One-Elevens, supplemented with turboprop aircraft of both airlines. Hughes Airwest merged into Republic Airlines in October 1980, which cut back flights in Idaho and elsewhere in the western U.S. Republic's final flight to Lewiston was in September 1982, and the airline ended its southern Idaho and eastern Washington service shortly after in April 1983. Cascade, based in Spokane, ceased operations in 1986.
The short-lived Gem State Airlines of Coeur d'Alene served Lewiston for 11 months, until November 1979. Mountain West Airlines of Boise served Lewiston for less than three months before folding in early March 1981. Big Sky Airlines of Billings briefly served Lewiston in 1979. All three commuter air carriers operated turboprop aircraft into the airport.
The municipal golf course adjacent to the west, Bryden Canyon, was designed and built in the early 1970s, and opened in March 1975.
Facilities and aircraft
Lewiston–Nez Perce County Airport covers an area of 865 acres (350 ha) at an elevation of 1,442 feet (440 m) above sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 8/26 is 6,511 by 150 feet (1,985 m × 46 m) and 12/30 is 5,002 by 100 feet (1,525 m × 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2012, the airport had 35,425 aircraft operations, an average of 97 per day: 77% general aviation, 13% air taxi, 8% scheduled commercial, and 2% military. At that time there were 145 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-engine, 10% helicopter, 8% multi-engine, and 1% jet.
Airlines and destinations
Scheduled airline passenger service is available to the following non-stop destinations:
Horizon Air began service to Lewiston and Pullman-Moscow in March 1983. SkyWest Airlines initiated service to Lewiston in June 1996 as a Delta Connection air carrier, but only for a year, and then returned with Delta Connection service in January 2005. SkyWest currently flies Canadair CRJ-200 regional jets from the airport, while Horizon Air operates Bombardier Q400 propjets on behalf of Alaska Airlines.
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