Coeur d'Alene Airport is a county-owned public-use airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located in Hayden

Hayden, Idaho

Hayden is a city in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. The population was 9,159 at the 2000 census.- History :Hayden was once called "Hayden village." In 1955, it was incorporated as Hayden City...

, a city in Kootenai County

Kootenai County, Idaho

Kootenai County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. The county was established in 1864, named after Kootenai tribe. The entire county comprises the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 138,494 at the 2010 census...

, Idaho

Idaho

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, United States

United States

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. The airport is nine miles (14 km) northwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Coeur d'Alene

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Coeur d'Alene is the largest city and county seat of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is the principal city of the Coeur d'Alene Metropolitan Statistical Area. Coeur d'Alene has the second largest metropolitan area in the state of Idaho. As of the 2010 census the population of Coeur...

. It was known as Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal until September 2007 when it was renamed Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field to honor World War II

World War II

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 hero Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington who was born in Coeur d'Alene.

Facilities and aircraft

Coeur d'Alene Airport covers an area of 1140 acres (461.3 ha) which contains two asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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s: 5/23 measuring 7,400 x 100 ft (2,256 x 30 m) and 1/19 measuring 5,400 x 75 ft (1,646 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 123,048 aircraft operations, an average of 337 per day: 77% general aviation

General aviation

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, 22% air taxi

Air taxi

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 and 1% military. There are 186 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 5% jet, 5% helicopter

Helicopter

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, 1% ultralight and <1% glider

Glider aircraft

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External links

• Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal at Idaho Transportation Department
  Idaho Transportation Department
  The Idaho Transportation Department is the State of Idaho governmental organization responsible for the current transportation infrastructure. This includes ongoing operations and maintenance; as well as planning for future needs of the state and its citizens...