Key West International Airport (IATA: EYW , ICAO: KEYW , FAA LID: EYW ) is an international airport located in Key West City in Monroe County, Florida and two miles east of Key West's main commercial center.
Flights departing from EYW often have heavy restrictions because the airport runway is only 4,801 feet (1,463 m) in length.
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Histori
The history of the Key West flight began in 1913, with a flight to Cuba by Augustin Parla. In 1928, Pan American Airways embarked on a scheduled flight from Key West. The main runway at Meacham Field was suppressed to US Army use after the Pearl Harbor attack, and became the US Navy's later use in World War II as an alternative to the Trumbo Point aircraft base and the major Navy Air Station for fixed and lighter wings - Aircraft (ie, hot air balloon) at Boca Chica Key. After the war, the city took over what became Key West Municipal Airport. In January 1953, the city gave Monroe County the title to Meacham Field, which allowed the county to apply for Federal Aviation Administration assistance. Around the same time, the airport became Key West International Airport.
National Airlines embarked on a flight to Miami in the mid-1940s with a twin-fitted Lockheed Lodestar aircraft, although the airport had no paving runway until about 1956. National served Key West for almost 25 years and then operated Convair 340 and Convair 440 prop aircraft , as well as the Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop, to the airport. In 1968, National began its first jet flight to Key West with Boeing 727-100, providing nonstop services to Miami. In 1969, National operated 727 daily jets directly to Washington National Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, and John F. Kennedy International Airport via intermediate stops in Miami, West Palm Beach and Orlando.
Several other airlines also started operating jet services to Key West. In 1979, Air Florida operated five nonstop flights a day to Miami on a Boeing 737 jet plane. In 1987, Eastern Airlines operated the mainstream daily Boeing 727-100 jet airliner unceasingly to Miami. In 1989, Piedmont Airlines operated six nonstop flights a day to Miami with the twin jet Fokker F28 Fellowship. The F28 jet service was later followed by USAir after the acquisition and merger with Piedmont. Recently, Southwest Airlines, following the AirTran acquisition, operates the Boeing 737-700 jet service to the airport, including nonstop flights from New Orleans, Orlando and Tampa. However, Southwest then stopped all services to the airport.
On May 9, 2010, the flight schedule includes commercial services on Cape Air, United Express, American Eagle, Delta Airlines, Delta Connection and, most notably, AirTran Airways. Some of the previous routes to EYW in 2010 include Orlando and Tampa on AirTran Airways, Fort Myers on Cape Air, and Fort Lauderdale and Tampa on the United express (though none of these services to the United Airlines hub).
A number of commuter and regional airlines also served Key West with turboprop and prop planes during the 1980s and 1990s primarily with nonstop flights to Miami but also with nonstop services to Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Naples, Orlando and Tampa. According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), these airlines include Air Florida Commuter, Airways International, American Eagle Airlines, Bar Harbor Airlines (operates East Express code sharing service for Eastern Airlines), Cape Air, Comair (operates Delta Code distribution service) to Delta Air Lines), Dolphin Airlines, Gulfstream International Airlines (operating independently and later as Continental Connection with code sharing services for Continental Airlines), Gull Air, Pan Am Express, Paradise Island Airlines (operating code sharing service for Carnival Air Lines) , Pro Air Services, Provincetown-Boston Airlines (PBA), Southeast Airlines, Southern Express and USAir Express. Turboprop aircraft operated to airports including ATR-42, British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31, Beechcraft 1900C, Beechcraft 1900D, Beechcraft C99, CASA 212 Aviocar, De Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7, de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8, Embraer EMB- 110 Bandeirante, Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, Nord 262 and Saab 340. American Eagle then operates ATR-72 to the airport before introducing regional jet services. Delta Connection then introduced regional jet services as well. The twin propeller engine pistons were flown by commuter airlines serving Key West including Cessna 402, Douglas DC-3, Martin 2-0-2, Martin 4-0-4 and Piper Navajo.
On July 15, 2017, Key West International Airport was awarded a $ 6.5 million grant by the FAA to assist in a $ 10 million runway project. The project will add 277 feet to the runway for takeoff in one direction and add a 10-foot shoulder paved on each side of the runway. The length of runway added is for flights that only go to the East. Construction work will begin in January 2018 and all construction is scheduled for the night.
Maps Key West International Airport
Facilities
Key West International Airport covers 334 hectares (135 ha) at 3 feet (1 m). The foundation of one, 9/27, is 4,801 x 100 feet (1,463 x 30 m) of asphalt.
The airport has two terminals designed by Mark Mosko and Dwane Stark of URS; Mosko also works at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. An older ground level terminal building opened in 1957 and now serves passengers arriving. The terminal was expanded with the addition of a second elevated building above the parking lot in February 2009. With an area of ​​approximately 30,000 square feet (2,800m 2 ), it is more than double the terminal terminal space. Newer buildings include flyovers and home tickets, check-in, and airport security checkpoints. The older building was then renovated with the former ticket area into an expanded departure lounge, and the baggage claim area was then extended to the previous departure chamber. Both buildings are connected by a closed road.
Parking for 300 vehicles is on ground level below the newer terminal - 150 spaces for rental cars and 150 for public.
In 2011, the airport had 62,293 aircraft operations, averaging 170 per day: 71% of general aviation, 16% air taxis, 13% of flights, and & lt; 1% military. At that time, 59 aircraft based at the airport: 61% single engine, 37% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter.
Annual traffic
Key West traffic was generally stagnant enough to start a new millennium, but gradually began to increase in the late 2000s with the addition of new terminals and the introduction of the low-cost jet service operated by AirTran, as well as Delta's mainstream jet service.
When Southwest Airlines acquired AirTran in 2011, the airline continued to operate flights from the airport, first under the AirTran brand and then under the Southwest brand. Southwest Airlines terminates service to Key West Airport in 2014.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Delta Air Lines currently operates a major jet service to the airport on a Boeing 737-700 jet. Key West 4,801 feet shortest runway in North America is used regularly by 737s. Delta regional affiliates, Delta Connection (operated by ExpressJet), operate the Canadair CRJ-700 regional jets. Delta currently operates flights to Atlanta every day.
American Airlines operates the Embraer ERJ-145, E170, and E175 regional jets to Key West.
Silver Airways operates a turboprop Saab 340B.
United Airlines currently operates E-170s for services to Newark and Chicago O'Hare. The Chicago O'hare service operates daily for almost six months, from December 20 to May 3, and then serves twice a week for the rest of the year. The Newark service operates daily for seven months, from October 18 to May 3, and becomes service twice a week for the rest of the year.
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Top destinations
Accidents and incidents
- On April 25, 1959, Vickers Viscount of Cubana de AviaciÃÆ'³n was hijacked on a flight from Varadero to Havana. The plane landed in Key West.
- On 19 March 2003, Aerotaxi Flight 882, operated by Douglas DC-3C CU-T1192, was hijacked in flight from Rafael Cabrera Airport in Nueva Gerona, Cuba to JosÃÆ'Â © MartÃÆ' in International Airport in Havana, Six hijackers were detained when landed in Key West.
- On October 31, 2011, the Gulfstream G150 that brought NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick fled from the end of Key West runway after suffering a defeat in braking action on landing. Jet, owned by NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, suffered nose tooth damage.
- On November 2, 2011, the Cessna Citation crash landed in Key West. The flight, which originated in Fort Lauderdale, suffered a brake failure on landing. Two pilots were on board together with two passengers. Only minor injuries were reported. The plane was stopped by a newly installed airport GAS system.
References
External links
- Key West International Airport page on the Monroe County website
- Air imagery in February 1999 from USGS National Map
- "Key West International Airport". Ã, from CFASPP
- FAA Airport Chart Ã, (PDF) , effective May 24, 2018
- FAA Terminal Procedure for EYW, valid May 24, 2018
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KEYW
- ASN accident history for EYW
- FlightAware airport information and direct flight trackers
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- Aeronautical graph SkyVector for KEYW
- The current EYW FAA delay information
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