Eppley Airfield

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Eppley Airfield
Omaha-eppley.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code COMA
IATA code GRANNY
Coordinates

41 ° 18 '7 "  N , 95 ° 53' 37"  W Coordinates: 41 ° 18 '7 "  N , 95 ° 53' 37"  W
Height above MSL 300 m (984  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 6 km northeast of Omaha
Street I-480 / US 6 / US 75
Local transport Bus :
Metro Area Transit Line 16
Basic data
operator Omaha Airport Authority
surface 1072 ha
Terminals 1
Passengers 5,043,194 (2018)
Air freight 69,939 t (2018)
Flight
movements 		101,510 (2018)
Runways
14L / 32R 2591 m × 46 m concrete
14R / 32L 2896 m × 46 m asphalt / concrete
18/36 2485 m × 46 m asphalt / concrete



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The Eppley Airfield is an airport in Omaha and the largest airport in the US state of Nebraska .

Location and transport links

The airport is located in eastern Omaha on the west bank of the Missouri River , which also forms the border between Nebraska and Iowa . Due to a geographical peculiarity, the airport is almost completely enclosed by the national territory of Iowa: A loop of the river southwest of today's airport was broken by a flood in 1877. The United States Supreme Court ruled in 1892 that the resulting area of ​​what is now Carter Lake still belongs to Iowa.

US Highway 75 runs five kilometers west of the airport . Interstate 480 and US Highway 6 are also three miles south . The airport is also served by bus line 16 of the Metro Area Transit .

history

The Eppley Foundation of hotelier Eugene C. Eppley made available after his death in 1958 1 million dollars (equivalent to 8.8 million dollars in today's purchasing power) to modernize the existing Omaha Municipal Airport ; In honor of Eppley, the airport was given its current name.

Airlines and Destinations

In 2018, approximately 5.04 million passengers used Eppley Airfield, the largest airlines being Southwest Airlines , Delta Air Lines (including Delta Connection ), American Airlines (including [[American Eagle (Flight Fatal Incidents Occurred:) | American Eagle] ]) and United Airlines (including United Express ). There are mainly scheduled flights to destinations within the United States, the only international destination is Toronto-Pearson .

Traffic figures

Source: Omaha Airport Authority
Source: Omaha Airport Authority
Traffic figures for Eppley Airfield 1999–2018
year Passenger come
up		 Air freight ( tons )
(with airmail)		 Aircraft movements
(with military)
1999 3,773,592 113.024 188.216
2000 3,814,440 114.291 167.879
2001 3,653,521 98,474 143.973
2002 3,608,231 91,190 143.710
2003 3,667,190 89.057 141,406
2004 3,868,217 91,782 143.149
2005 4,193,046 87.264 144,150
2006 4,229,856 85,569 140.716
2007 4,421,274 85,982 136.092
2008 4,370,137 79,352 119.935
2009 4,217,718 70,967 111.155
2010 4,287,428 69,437 111.075
2011 4,212,399 65,157 108,844
2012 4,127,344 62,559 103,651
2013 4,042,333 65,411 98,425
2014 4,119,730 51,353 97.378
2015 4,169,467 54,580 95,544
2016 4,349,486 64,457 96.257
2017 4,611,906 67,334 96,624
2018 5,043,194 69,939 101,510

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from Omaha (2017)
rank city Passengers airline
01 Denver , Colorado 313.310 Frontier , Southwest , United
02 Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois 228,100 American , United
03 Atlanta , Georgia 202.350 delta
04th Chicago – Midway , Illinois 174,500 Southwest
05 Phoenix – Sky Harbor , Arizona 165,100 American, Southwest
06th Dallas / Fort Worth , Texas 146.510 American
07th Minneapolis / Saint Paul , Minnesota 140,540 delta
08th Las Vegas , Nevada 110,640 Allegiant , Frontier, Southwest
09 St. Louis , Missouri 104,660 Southwest
10 Houston-Bush , Texas 071,130 United

Incidents

  • On December 6, 1978, a Douglas DC-6 from Fuerza Aérea Mexicana ( aircraft registration TP-0203) crashed into a flood protection dam 800 meters north of the airport due to an engine fire during take-off. All seven people on board were killed. The plane was in Omaha for three days for repairs and was scheduled to fly to San Antonio , but oil was still leaking from one of the engines upon departure.
  • On 13 May 2001 was Boeing 727-222 of United Airlines (N7274U) , which was parked with no occupant in the Omaha-Eppley Airfield, so badly damaged along with other aircraft by a hailstorm that a repair would have been uneconomic.

Web links

Commons : Eppley Airfield  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Facts & Statistics. FlyOMA.com, accessed February 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Non-Stop Destinations. FlyOMA.com, accessed February 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Omaha, NE: Eppley Airfield (OMA). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed September 11, 2018 .
  4. ^ Accident report DC-6 TP-0203 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 16, 2019.
  5. ↑ Accident report B-727-200 N7274U , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 4, 2019.