Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport

Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport
IATA: DIK – ICAO: KDIK – FAA LID: DIK
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Dickinson Airport Authority
Serves Dickinson, North Dakota
Elevation AMSL 2,592 ft / 790 m
Coordinates 46°47′50″N 102°48′07″W / 46.79722°N 102.80194°W / 46.79722; -102.80194Coordinates: 46°47′50″N 102°48′07″W / 46.79722°N 102.80194°W / 46.79722; -102.80194
Website DickinsonAirport.com
Map
DIK

Location of airport in North Dakota

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 6,399 1,950 Asphalt
7/25 4,699 1,432 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 10,480
Based aircraft 20
Sources: FAA[1] and airport web site[2]

Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport (IATA: DIK, ICAO: KDIK, FAA LID: DIK), formerly known as Dickinson Municipal Airport, is a public use airport located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) south of the central business district of Dickinson, in Stark County, North Dakota, United States. It is owned by the Dickinson Airport Authority.[1]

The airport serves western North Dakota, eastern Montana and northwest South Dakota, home to Theodore Roosevelt National Park.The airport is currently served by one airline: United Express uses their Embraer Regional-Jet (ERJ) offering service to and from Denver. This will end on September 27, 2016 unless United Airlines is able to receive an Essential Air Service subsidy.[3] Delta Connection formerly offered service to Minneapolis-St. Paul but ended service on November 30, 2015, due to low passenger loads.[4]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 9,164 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 8,924 enplanements in 2009, and 10,383 in 2010.

It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008/2009 (between 2,500 and 10,000 per year).

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 626 acres (253 ha) at an elevation of 2,592 feet (790 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 is 6,399 by 100 feet (1,950 x 30 m) and 7/25 is 4,699 by 75 feet (1,432 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2011, the airport had 10,480 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day: 75% general aviation, 22% scheduled commercial, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 20 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% multi-engine.[1]

Airline and destinations

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
United Express Denver

United Express is the only airline at the airport with service to Denver; the service is run twice daily.[4]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
FedEx Feeder operated by Corporate Air Fargo

Statistics

Top domestic destinations: (Jul 2015 - Jun 2016)[5]
Rank Airport Passengers Airline
1 Denver International (DEN) 18,000 United Express
2 Minneapolis/St. Paul International (MSP) 9,000 Delta Connection

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for DIK (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport, official web site
  3. ↑ "Dickinson, ND to lose only scheduled service this September". CH-Aviation.com. ch-aviation. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  4. 1 2 Kessler, Abby (19 October 2015). "Delta Airlines to suspend jet service to Dickinson". Grand Forks Herald. Grand Forks Herald and Forum Communications Company. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Dickson Airport Statistics". www.transtats.bts.gov. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

Other sources

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-1995-697) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2005-1-9: selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide small community air service with Embraer Brasilia aircraft at Dickinson, North Dakota, for two years for an annual subsidy rate of $1,697,248.
    • Order 2006-11-21: re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., operating as both a United Airlines and Frontier code-share partner, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Dickinson, North Dakota, for an annual subsidy rate of $1,696,977, for the two-year period of February 1, 2007, through January 31, 2009.
    • Order 2008-10-24: re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., operating as both a Frontier Airlines and United Airlines code-share partner, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Dickinson, North Dakota, for an annual subsidy rate of $2,274,177, for the two-year period of February 1, 2009, through January 31, 2011.
    • Order 2010-11-16: re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., operating as both a Frontier Airlines and United Airlines code-share partner, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Dickinson, North Dakota, for an annual subsidy rate of $2,019,177, for the two-year period of February 1, 2011, through January 31, 2013.

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