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== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 02:34, 6 June 2023

Pueblo Memorial Airport

Pueblo Army Air Base
AMSL
4,729 ft / 1,441 m
Coordinates38°17′15″N 104°29′43″W / 38.28750°N 104.49528°W / 38.28750; -104.49528
Websitehttp://www.flypueblo.com...
Map
PUB is located in Colorado
PUB
PUB
Location of airport in Colorado
PUB is located in the United States
PUB
PUB
PUB (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8R/26L 10,498 3,200 Asphalt
8L/26R 4,690 1,430 Asphalt
17/35 8,310 2,533 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2013)165,876
Based aircraft (2017)128

Pueblo Memorial Airport (IATA: PUB, ICAO: KPUB, FAA LID: PUB) is a public airport located six miles east of Pueblo, in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.[1] It is primarily used for general aviation.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 4,345 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 5,192 in 2009 and 11,641 in 2010.[3] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a non-primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008/2009 (between 2,500 and 10,000 per year).[4]

History

Built in 1941 as the Pueblo Army Air Base, it was used as an advanced flying school to train

B-24 Liberator four engine heavy bomber crews. It was under the command of the United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force
360th Army Air Force Base Unit. Known bomb groups which trained or based at Pueblo were:

  • 94th Bombardment Group (B-17) January - April 1943
  • 302d Bombardment Group (B-24) 30 September 1942 - 1 December 1942
  • 351st Bombardment Group (B-17) 1 March - 12 April 1943
  • 381st Bombardment Group (B-17) 5 April - 9 May 1943
  • 400th Bombardment Group (B-17) 2 May - 31 July 1943
  • 466th Bombardment Group (B-29) 25 July - 15 August 1945
  • 469th Bombardment Group (B-24) 1–7 May 1943
  • 471st Bombardment Group (B-24) 7 May 1943 - 28 January 1944
Pueblo Memorial Airport terminal

The history of the air base is preserved with the Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society and its Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum.[5]

In 1948 it was handed over to the City of Pueblo. In the 1960s the main east–west runway (8/26) was extended from 6,000' to 10,000' to accommodate jet aircraft.

Today, Pueblo Memorial Airport is home of the

Officer Training School. Doss Aviation, under contract with the USAF, conducts flight training for between 1300 and 1700 USAF officer student pilot and student combat system officer trainees annually.[6]

Facilities

Pueblo Memorial Airport covers 3,872 acres (1,567 ha) at an elevation of 4,729 feet (1,441 m). It has three runways:[1][7]

  • 8R/26L, the primary runway, is 10,498 by 150 feet (3,200 x 46 m).
  • 17/35 is 8,310 by 150 feet (2,533 x 46 m).
  • 8L/26R is 4,690 by 75 feet (1,148 x 23 m).

Runways 8R/26L and 17/35 are asphalt with a porous friction course overlay to improve surface drainage and increase aircraft braking action. Runway 8L/26R has a 3-4 inch asphalt overlay on 7 inches (180 mm) of Portland cement concrete.[7]

In the year ending January 1, 2011 the airport had 182,119 aircraft operations, an average of 498 per day: 95% general aviation, 3% air taxi, <1% airline and 2% military. In March 2017, there were 128 aircraft based at this airport: 109 single-engine, 9 multi-engine, 8 jet, 1 helicopter and 1 glider.[1]

Historical airline service

Pueblo was initially a hub and crossroads for commercial airline traffic from the late 1920s through the 1970s. The first carrier to serve Pueblo was

Convair 340 and the Vickers Viscount in the 1950s. The eastbound route to Tulsa ended in 1961 and the north–south route ended in 1963 which ended all Continental service to Pueblo.[9]

Braniff Airways began service in 1943 on a route from Denver to Brownsville, TX with stops in Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, and Corpus Christi. At times some flights operated from Pueblo to Amarillo, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Little Rock, and Memphis. Douglas DC-3 aircraft were used and Braniff's service to Pueblo continued through 1952.[10]

Monarch Air Lines began service on November 27, 1946, with a route from Denver to Durango making stops in Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Canon City, and Monte Vista, CO using DC-3 aircraft. Monarch was merged with two other carriers to become Frontier Airlines on June 1, 1950.[11]

737-200 jets were flown from Pueblo to Colorado Springs and Denver from 1971 through 1981. These flights typically continued onto Kansas City and St. Louis. 737 jets were also flown to Durango, CO briefly in the late 1970s. All Frontier service at Pueblo ended on March 14, 1982.[12]

Convair 600s
by the mid-1960s. Central Airlines was merged into Frontier Airlines in 1967 and Frontier continued operating these routes through the 1970s.

Beechcraft 99
aircraft was used.

Trans Central Airlines, a commuter airline, provided service along the north–south route from Denver to Albuquerque in 1968 through 1970. Stops were made at Pueblo, Trinidad, Raton, and Las Vegas (NM) and Cessna 402 aircraft were flown.

Swearingen Metroliner aircraft were used and service was also provided to Santa Fe, NM.[13]

Rocky Mountain Airways then provided service to Denver from 1983 through 1986 using de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft.

Beechcraft 1900C
commuter aircraft.

Boeing 737-200
jet service from Pueblo to Phoenix and Las Vegas from 1985 through 1991. Many flights would stop in Colorado Springs.

Boeing 727-200 and McDonnell Douglas MD-80
jets.

Beechcraft 1900C aircraft. All Continental service to Pueblo ended January 9, 1995.[14]

Beechcraft 1900D aircraft.[15]

Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia
aircraft.

Beechcraft 1900D
aircraft.

Allegiant Air provided McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jet service to Las Vegas, Nevada from October, 2010 through April 8, 2012. Allegiant's flights operated twice per week.

CRJ-200 regional jets.[16]

Beechcraft Super King Air 200
turboprop aircraft.

Up until the mid-1990s, Pueblo was served by multiple airlines and for much of the year 1991, four airlines were operating at Pueblo simultaneously: America West, TWA, Continental Express, and United Express. Pueblo has also seen mainline jet service (727s, 737s, and MD-80s) by four airlines. Since 1995, however, service has only been provided by one airline with commuter or regional jet flights to Denver with the exception of the Allegiant Air service in 2010–2012. Pueblo falls under the Essential Air Service program in which the U. S. Government subsidizes an airline to provide air service to a city. This subsidy comes up for bid every two years; therefore, Pueblo has seen its air service provider frequently change. There have also been times where there has been no commercial air service to Pueblo, such as in the spring of 2014 and the summer and fall of 2015.

Current Airline Service

AirlinesDestinationsRefs
Southern Airways Express Denver [17]
Denver Air Connection Denver [18]

See also

References

  1. ^
    PDF
    . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective Mar 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  5. ^ Colo State's Pueblo Army Airbase Website
  6. ^ "DOSS Initial Flight Screening Company Website". Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  7. ^ a b "Pueblo Memorial Airport: General Information".
  8. ^ Western Air Express timetables
  9. ^ Continental Air Lines timetables
  10. ^ Braniff Airways timetables
  11. ^ Monarch Air Lines timetable
  12. ^ Frontier Airlines timetbles
  13. ^ Pioneer Airlines timetables
  14. ^ Continental Airlines timetables
  15. ^ United Airlines timetables
  16. ^ "United resumes Denver – Pueblo route from Dec 2017". Routesonline. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  17. ^ "Regulations.gov". www.regulations.gov.
  18. ^ https://www.flightstats.com/v2/flight-tracker/departures/PUB. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Other sources

  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-1999-6589) from the
    U.S. Department of Transportation
    :
    • Order 2004-7-10 (July 15, 2004): selects Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide essential air service with 19-passenger B1900D aircraft at Alamosa and Cortez, Colorado, for two years for annual subsidy rates of $1,083,538 and $853,587, respectively, and Mesa Air Group, Inc., d/b/a Air Midwest to provide essential air service with 19-passenger B1900D aircraft at Pueblo, Colorado, for two years at a subsidy rate of $618,621 annually. Also authorizes Great Lakes Aviation to reduce its current Pueblo service to two round trips each weekday and each weekend, and set a final subsidy rate of $687,616 on an annual basis for that service until Air Midwest inaugurates its service at Pueblo.
    • Order 2005-11-26 (November 22, 2005): selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide essential air service with 19-passenger B1900D aircraft at Pueblo, Colorado, for two years at a subsidy rate of $780,997 annually.
    • Order 2007-11-10 (November 15, 2007: selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Pueblo, Colorado, at an annual subsidy rate of $1,057,128, for two years, beginning February 1, 2008.
    • Order 2009-11-15 (November 23, 2009): selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to continue to provide essential air service (EAS) at Pueblo, Colorado, at an annual subsidy rate of $1,299,821, for the two-year period from February 1, 2010, through January 31, 2012.
    • Order 2011-12-4 (December 13, 2011): re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to continue to provide essential air service (EAS) at Pueblo, Colorado, at an annual subsidy rate of $1,592,276, for the two-year period from February 1, 2012, through January 31, 2014.

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