Glacier Park International Airport
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IATA: FCA – ICAO: KGPI – FAA LID: GPI   FCA | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Flathead Municipal Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Kalispell, Montana | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,977 ft / 907 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°18′38″N 114°15′22″W / 48.31056°N 114.25611°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.IFlyGlacier.com | ||||||||||||||
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Glacier Park International Airport (IATA: FCA, ICAO: KGPI, FAA LID: GPI) is in Flathead County, Montana, six miles northeast of Kalispell.[1] The airport is owned and operated by the Flathead Municipal Airport Authority, a public agency created by the county in 1974.
The airport's ICAO code was KFCA, and most airlines still use that code for reservations purposes. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Glacier Park International Airport is GPI to the FAA and FCA to the IATA (which assigned GPI to Guapi Airport in Colombia.)
History
The airport was built in 1942 as Flathead County Airport. Airline flights started around 1950, on Northwest; traffic remained low for years. In 1970 the airport was designated for international traffic and got the current name. In the 1970s and 1980s traffic picked up, as Hughes Airwest (previously Air West), Western Airlines, Delta Airlines (which acquired Western), the original Frontier Airlines and Horizon Air offered new jet service. Past types include the Boeing 727-200, Boeing 737-200, Boeing 757-200, Douglas DC-9-30 and Fokker F28.
The terminal was upgraded in 1981, and upgrades to the terminal, runways and other facilities occurred in the 1990s. Between 1974 and 1998 passenger traffic increased more than fivefold.
Service to Phoenix, Arizona on US Airways (formerly America West Airlines before it merged with US Airways) ended in 2007. West Coast Airlines served the airport in the 1960s with Fairchild F-27s to Spokane, Seattle and Great Falls before this carrier merged with Bonanza Airlines and Pacific Air Lines to form Air West which continued F-27 service from Kalispell. Air West became Hughes Airwest which introduced Douglas DC-9-30s. The original Frontier Airlines operated Boeing 737-200s in the 1970s Kalispell-Missoula-Bozeman-Salt Lake City-Denver-St. Louis. By the 1980s, Frontier continued to operate Boeing 737-200s Kalispell-Billings-Denver. In the 1990s, Horizon Air, a subsidiary of Alaska Airlines, flew Fokker F28s to Spokane and Seattle in addition to operating de Havilland DHC-8 "Dash 8"s, Dornier 328s and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners.
Facilities
The airport covers 1,525 acres (617 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 2/20 is 9,006 x 150 ft (2,745 x 46 m) and 12/30 is 3,504 x 75 ft (1,068 x 23 m).[1]
In the year ending January 1, 2007 the airport had 51,925 aircraft operations, average 142 per day: 70% general aviation, 21% air taxi, 8% airline and 1% military. 159 aircraft were then based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 16% multi-engine and 3% jet and 3% helicopter.[1]
All flights at FCA by Delta Airlines and Delta Connection are jets. Delta has Boeing 737-800 weekly summer (?) nonstops to Atlanta and flies Airbus A319s, Airbus A320s and McDonnell Douglas MD-90s nonstop to Minneapolis/St. Paul. Delta Connection flies nonstop to Minneapolis/St. Paul with Embraer 175s. The Delta Connection nonstops to Salt Lake City are daily on Canadair CRJ-200s, CRJ-700s and CRJ-900s.
United Express has summer (?) Canadair CRJ-700 nonstops to Chicago, and nonstop to Denver year round on CRJ-200s and CRJ-700s.
Allegiant Air MD-80s fly nonstop to Las Vegas and Oakland several days a week.
Horizon Air operating as Alaska Airlines flies Bombardier Q400s daily to Seattle and on a seasonal basis to Portland, OR.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Alaska Airlines operated by Horizon Air | Seattle/Tacoma Seasonal: Portland (OR) |
| Allegiant Air | Las Vegas Seasonal: Los Angeles, Oakland |
| Delta Air Lines | Seasonal: Atlanta, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City |
| Delta Connection | Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City Seasonal: Los Angeles |
| United Express | Denver Seasonal: Chicago-O'Hare |
Top destinations
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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| 1 | Seattle, WA | 61,000 | Alaska |
| 2 | Salt Lake City, UT | 55,000 | Delta |
| 3 | Minneapolis/St Paul, MN | 40,000 | Delta |
| 4 | Denver, CO | 37,000 | United |
| 5 | Las Vegas, NV | 14,000 | Allegiant |
| 6 | Portland, OR | 9,000 | Alaska |
| 7 | Chicago O'Hare, IL | 8,000 | United |
| 8 | Los Angeles, CA | 4,000 | Delta |
| 9 | Oakland, CA | 3,000 | Allegiant |
| 9 | Atlanta, GA | 3,000 | Delta |
See also
References
External links
- Glacier Park International Airport, official site
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective March 31, 2016
- FAA Terminal Procedures for GPI, effective March 31, 2016
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for GPI
- AirNav airport information for KGPI
- ASN accident history for FCA
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
- Glacier Jet Center, Fixed-Base Operator
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