Tyler Pounds Regional Airport

Coordinates: 32°21′14″N 095°24′10″W / 32.35389°N 95.40278°W / 32.35389; -95.40278
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Tyler Pounds Regional Airport

(former Pounds Army Airfield)
AMSL
544 ft / 166 m
Coordinates32°21′14″N 095°24′10″W / 32.35389°N 95.40278°W / 32.35389; -95.40278
WebsiteOfficial website
Map
TYR is located in Texas
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TYR is located in the United States
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 8,334 2,540 Asphalt
13/31 5,200 1,585 Asphalt
17/35 4,832 1,473 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations41,085
Based aircraft152
Gate area, 9 April 2006

Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (IATA: TYR, ICAO: KTYR, FAA LID: TYR) is a city-owned, public-use airport located 3 mi (4.8 km) west of Tyler, in Smith County, Texas, United States.[2]

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a "primary commercial service" airport.[3] Federal Aviation Administration records show 76,168 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 73,841 in 2009, and 74,357 in 2010.[5]

The airport has been expanding to meet goals in the Tyler Master Plan; on August 17, 2002, the airport opened a new terminal building, doubling its space. Tyler is a large center for general aviation, with three public parking lots for general aviation.

History

see:
Pounds Army Airfield for its World War II
use

The airport opened in November 1929 as Tyler Municipal Airport. During World War II, the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base and renamed Pounds Field after Lieutenant Jack Windham Pounds. At the end of the war, the airfield was turned over to local government for civil use and became Tyler Pounds Regional Airport.[6][7][8][9]

Historical airline service

Airline service began in the 1930s. Tyler was listed in

Trans-Texas Airways, also with DC-3s.[11]
Delta left Tyler in 1956.

Rochester, MN - Minneapolis/St. Paul.[13]

Mid-Continent was then acquired by and merged into Braniff International Airways which in the spring of 1953 was operating DC-3 flights on a daily roundtrip routing of Houston Hobby Airport - Longview - Tyler - Tulsa - Joplin - Kansas City - Omaha - Minneapolis/St. Paul before discontinuing all service to Tyler later that same year.[14][15]

Convair 600 turboprop flights at Tyler.[18]

Trans-Texas then changed its name to

Official Airline Guide, Texas International was operating direct Convair 600 service to Tyler from Austin, Houston (IAH), Midland/Odessa, Shreveport and Wichita Falls.[23] This OAG also lists nineteen weekday Metroflight Twin Otter flights being operated into Tyler, including nine nonstops from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), nine nonstops from Longview and one nonstop from Nacogdoches with this latter flight operating direct service from Houston (IAH) and Lufkin.[23]

By 1978, Texas International had pulled out of Tyler.

In 1979, Metroflight Airlines was operating the only flights to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) as an independent commuter air carrier with nonstop de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and Short 330 service as well as direct Twin Otters to IAH via Longview and/or Nacogdoches.[24][25] By 1981, the airline was operating 12 weekday nonstops between Tyler and Dallas/Fort Worth with Short 330s and Twin Otters.[26]

Metroflight then became an

Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante turboprops nonstop to Austin as part of a Texarkana – Tyler – Austin route.[29]

In 1989, competition had resumed on the Tyler-Dallas/Fort Worth route: American Eagle

Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and EMB-110 Bandeirantes were flying to DFW.[31]

In 1995,

Beechcraft 1900Ds with four weekday nonstops.[33] Continental Express began regional jet service to Tyler in the 2000s and in 2012 Continental completed its merger with United Airlines, with the service to Tyler becoming United Express. United Express ceased service to Tyler in April 2016 due to reported lower demand from the energy sector for flights to Tyler.[34]

In the mid-1990s, Conquest Airlines, a commuter airline, flew Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners nonstop to both Austin and San Antonio.[35] Dallas Express Airlines, another commuter airline, was flying twin-engined Pipers nonstop from DAL.[36][37] By 2000, Austin Express, also a commuter airline, had replaced Conquest with nonstop Metroliners to Austin.[38]

Denver, Colorado-based

Airbus A320 mainline jetliner service nonstop to Denver; these flights lasted from July 2019 to April 2020 with the A320 being the largest aircraft ever to operate scheduled passenger airline service from the airport.[39][40]

Museum

Lockheed F-104A Starfighter
at the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum

The

MiG-17F jets based at the airport.[41]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers 1,200 acres (490 ha; 4.9 km2) at an elevation of 544 ft (166 m). It has three asphalt runways:

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2011, the airport had 48,677 aircraft operations, average 133 per day: 83% general aviation, 14% air taxi, 2% airline, and 1% military; 152 aircraft were then based at the airport: 60% single-engine, 22% jet, 16% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter.[2]

Airline and destination

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Dallas/Fort Worth

American Eagle, the regional air carrier subsidiary of American Airlines subsidiary, operates Bombardier CRJ-700 regional jets on its nonstop flights to DFW with this American Eagle service from Tyler being operated by SkyWest Airlines.[42]

Destinations map

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tyler Pounds Airport History". tylertexasonline.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2020. Tyler's airport was dedicated on June 28, 1930 as Tyler Municipal Airport
  2. ^
    PDF
    . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  5. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  6. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
  7. ^ Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History's Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
  8. OCLC 71006954, 29991467
  9. ISBN 1-57510-051-7
  10. ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Aug. 1, 1952 Delta timetable
  11. ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Aug. 1, 1952 Delta timetable & Jan. 1, 1952 Trans-Texas timetable
  12. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete//mc47/mc47-3.jpg
  13. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/mc/mc5206/mc5206-4.jpg
  14. ^ "Braniff International Airways".
  15. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/bn53/bn53-3.jpg
  16. ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Jan. 1, 1952 Trans-Texas timetable
  17. ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Oct. 30, 1966 Trans-Texas timetable
  18. ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Aug. 1968 Trans-Texas timetable
  19. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, July 1, 1970 Texas International timetable
  20. ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, March 1, 1970 Air Texas timetable
  21. ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, March 1, 1974 Texas International timetable
  22. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, April 15, 1975 Official Airline Guide
  23. ^ a b Feb. 1, 1976 Official Airline Guide
  24. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide
  25. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 Metroflight route map
  26. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide
  27. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide
  28. ^ "TYR85intro".
  29. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 15, 1985 Air Spirit route map & Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide
  30. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 15, 1989 Official Airline Guide
  31. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Oct. 1, 1991 Official Airline Guide
  32. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, April 2, 1995 Official Airline Guide
  33. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, June 1, 1999 Official Airline Guide
  34. ^ McCoy, Cory Last United Airlines flight leaves Tyler Pounds Regional Airport, Tyler Morning Telegraph, April 5, 2016, Retrieved 2024-04-11
  35. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Sept. 15, 1994 & Sept. 30, 1996 Conquest Airlines route maps
  36. ^ Sept. 15, 1994 OAG Desktop Flight Guide, North American Edition
  37. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, July 15, 1994 Dallas Express Airlines route map
  38. ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, March 18, 2000 Austin Express timetable
  39. ^ "Frontier Airlines Brings Low Fares to Tyler Pounds Regional Airport with Non-stop Service to Denver". Frontier Airlines Brings Low Fares to Tyler Pounds Regional Airport with Non-stop Service to Denver.
  40. ^ "Frontier discontinuing flights at Tyler airport". Archived from the original on 2021-12-13 – via www.youtube.com.
  41. ^ "Military Aviation Museum & Airshows in Tyler, TX". Historic Aviation Memorial Museum.
  42. ^ "TYR Tyler Pounds Rgnl Airport (TYR/KTYR)". FlightAware.
  43. ^ "Flight Activity History (N47GW)". FlightAware. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  44. ^ Washington, Francesca (13 July 2017). "Family: Pastor killed in plane crash near Tyler airport". KLTV. Tyler, Texas. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  45. ^ "FAA Accident and Incident Notification(s): Notice(s) Created 13-JUL-17". US Department of Transportation: Federal Aviation Administration. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.[permanent dead link]

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