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Airport type
  
Public

Serves
  
Stillwater, Oklahoma

17/35
  
7,401

Elevation
  
305 m

Owner
  
City of Stillwater

Elevation AMSL
  
1,000 ft / 305 m

Code
  
SWO

Phone
  
+1 405-372-7881

Stillwater Regional Airport

Address
  
2020 N Airport Industrial Access Rd, Stillwater, OK 74075, USA

Profiles

Students take flight at stillwater regional airport


Stillwater Regional Airport (IATA: SWO, ICAO: KSWO, FAA LID: SWO) is a public use city owned airport located in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States, three miles (4.8 km) northwest of the city of Stillwater.

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History

After World War II the airfield was one of six locations in the nation that stored surplus bombers, fighters, trainers and transports. About 475 aircraft were flown to the airport starting in 1945. In 1946 Paul Mantz bought them all, keeping 12 for use as stunt planes and camera ships, and selling the rest for scrap.

One of the aircraft processed through Stillwater - and purchased by Mantz - was B-17 41-24577 "Hells Angels," which was the first B-17 to complete 25 missions (even before the Memphis Belle).

Central DC-3s landed at Stillwater starting in 1953; successor Frontier pulled out in 1975-76.

Stillwater was home to an Essential Air Service airline named Exec Express,Inc.. It operated Piper PA-31 Navajos.

After several years with no commercial flights, American Airlines began scheduled service in August 2016. The flights are operated on behalf of American Airlines by their regional partner Envoy Air. The Stillwater flights are operated using the 50 seat Embraer-145 jet and are primarily scheduled with two daily departures to the American Airlines hub at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Facilities

The airport covers 1,571 acres (636 ha) at an elevation of 1,000 feet (305 m) above sea level. It has two runways: 17/35 is 7,401 by 100 feet (2,256 x 30 m) concrete; 4/22 is 5,004 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m) asphalt.

For the year ending April 30, 2015, the airport had 79,819 aircraft operations, an average of 219 per day: 94% general aviation, 4% military, 2% air taxi and less than 1% commercial airline. In March 2017, there were 70 aircraft based at this airport: 64 single-engine, 5 multi-engine and 1 helicopter.

The airport is home to the Stillwater Airport Memorial Museum.

References

Stillwater Regional Airport Wikipedia