St. Paul Downtown Airport
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St. Paul Downtown Airport (
The airport is home to an installation of the Minnesota Army National Guard. Two properties at the airport are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the 1939 Holman Field Administration Building and the 1942 Riverside Hangar.[2]
History
Holman Field was named for
During
The terminal was used as a backdrop for scenes in the 1972 film Slaughterhouse-Five.[citation needed]
During the 1970s and early 1980s, commuter airline
Facilities and aircraft
St. Paul Downtown Holman Field covers an area of 540 acres (220 ha) which contains three asphalt paved runways: 14/32 measuring 6,491 x 150 ft (1,978 x 46 m), 13/31 measuring 4,004 x 150 ft (1,220 x 46 m) and 9/27 measuring 3,642 x 100 ft (1,110 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2014, the airport had 66,475 aircraft operations, an average of 182 per day: 74% general aviation, 15% military and 11% air taxi. In January 2017, there were 68 aircraft based at this airport: 20 single-engine, 12 multi-engine, 18 jet, 7 helicopter and 11 military.[1]
Annual aircraft operations
Based on annual reports and data released by the Metropolitan Airports Commission, aircraft operations declined 65.3% in the decade 2011-2020.
Year | Aircraft operations | Percent Change |
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2011 | 87,229 [6] | N/A |
2012 | 79,238 [7] | 9.16% |
2013 | 69,277 [8] | 12.57% |
2014 | 64,539 [9] | 6.83% |
2015 | 56,676 [10] | 12.18% |
2016 | 54,548 [11] | 3.75% |
2017 | 40,489 [12] | 25.77% |
2018 | 40,116 [13] | 0.92% |
2019 | 40,394 [14] | 0.69% |
2020 | 30,188[15] | 25.26% |
2021 | 39,196 [16] | 29.83% |
2022 | 41,592 [17] | 6.11% |
Charter Airlines
Airline | Services |
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NetJets | Charter |
Executive Jet Management | Charter |
Best Jets International | Charter/FBO |
Delta Private Jets | Charter |
Flood wall considerations
Recently local debate has ensued over plans to build a
In 2009, a removable flood wall was installed that is only erected when flooding is imminent, leaving the views of the river intact for the rest of the year. Steel plates are embedded in the concrete on the river side of the runways. The flood wall is composed of steel posts that anchor to the embedded plates and aluminum planks that are stacked between the posts to form a flood barrier. These are then removed and stored when the flood event has passed.
Gallery
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Holman Field administration building with historic control tower
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Holman Field administration building
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1990s flood
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St. Paul Downtown Airport
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View from a plane landing on runway 32 at Holman Field
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ PDF, effective Jan 5, 2017.
- ^ "Minnesota National Register Properties Database". Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
- ^ (nd) Ask A Historian Archived 2012-06-03 at the Wayback Machine. Ramsey County Historical Society. Retrieved 5/31/07.
- ISBN 978-0-87351-506-1. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
- ^ TimeTableImages.com
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). metroairports.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ https://metroairports.org/resources/annual-report-legislature-2012 [dead link]
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210215033646/https://metroairports.org/sites/default/files/files/2014-annual-report-to-the-legislature.pdf
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://metroairports.org/resources/2014-annual-report-legislature
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://metroairports.org/resources/2015msplegislativereport
- ^ https://metroairports.org/resources/annual-report-2017 [dead link]
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://metroairports.org/resources/annual-report-2017
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://metroairports.org/resources/annual-report-2018
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://metroairports.org/resources/2019-annual-report
- ^ "MAC Reliever Airports thrived in 2020 despite pandemic".
- ^ "St. Paul Downtown Airport (STP) 2021 Annual Report".
- ^ "Traffic at St. Paul's Holman Field airport increased nearly 5 percent in 2022". 8 February 2023.
- ^ Helms, Marisa (2006-04-05). "Airport flood project stirs the waters in St. Paul". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
External links
- MSP Reliever Airports: St. Paul Downtown Airport
- "Minnesota Airport Directory: St. Paul Downtown Airport (Holman Field)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-24. (145 KB)
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective May 16, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for STP
- AirNav airport information for KSTP
- ASN accident history for STP
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
- Historic American Engineering Record(HAER) documentation, filed under Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN:
- HAER No. MN-37, "Northwest Airways Hangar & Administration Building, 590 Bayfield Street", 31 photos, 20 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
- HAER No. MN-80, "Saint Paul Airport Municipal Hangar, 674 Bayfield Street", 10 photos, 5 measured drawings, 7 data pages, 1 photo caption page