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Corpus Christi International Airport (IATA: CRP, ICAO: KCRP, FAA LID: CRP) is a public airport located five miles (8 km) west of the central business district (CBD) of Corpus Christi, a city in Nueces County, Texas, USA. The airport covers 2,457 acres (10 km²) and has two runways.

The airport's new six gate, 165,000 sq ft (15,300 m²). Hayden W. Head Terminal opened on November 3, 2002, with a theme of "When the Sun Meets the Sea".

The airport has repeatedly attempted to receive service from Mexico, the latest attempt being in 2005, where the airport had reached an agreement with the Mexican regional airline Aeromar, which was supposed to fly 2-3 times a week from Corpus Christi to Monterrey, Mexico on an ATR-42 aircraft and had received DOT approval for the route. The airline still needs DOT approval to fly into the United States, as this will be its first non-Mexican destination. However, in a letter to the DOT, Aeromar has stated it will not seek renewal of the permit to fly to Corpus Christi.(caller.com)

After taking 69 planes out of the Continental Express Fleet, ExpressJet Airlines began its own "branded flying," covering under-served markets in the United States, with its main hub at Ontario, California. In early 2007 ExpressJet announced its 24-city rollout, which included a twice daily connection between the capital, Austin, and Corpus Christi. The airline now flies to Corpus Christi with an onward connection to Ontario on its 50-seater ERJ-145 aircraft.

The airport is frequently used by Continental Airlines and Express and Southwest as a diversion station in case of weather problems in Houston.

With the arrival of the CRJ operated by Chautauqua in the Continental Express fleet, and all flights on Continental being operated by Chautauqua, the airline has set up a crew center with about 50 staff based at Corpus Christi.

Corpus Christi International Airport has a total of six gates, two of which (Gates 4 and 6) have direct access to the US Customs office. The airport has 5 jetways with one gate accessible via stairs.

• American Airlines Gate 5
  • American Eagle (Dallas/Fort Worth)
• Continental Airlines Gates 3 and 6
  • Continental Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
• Delta Air Lines Gate 1
  • Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta) [ends January 6]
• Southwest Airlines Gate 2 (Houston-Hobby)

• Continental Airlines used to operate one or even two daily flights using Boeing 737-300/500/700 and MD-80 aircraft, but has withdrawn these from the Corpus Christi market after 9/11 in favor of 11 daily flights operated by Continental Express carriers.

• When it first announced flights to Corpus Christi, Delta still operated a small hub at Dallas-Fort Worth, and thus flew three daily flights to Corpus from Dallas in addition to the twice daily Atlanta service. With the closure of Delta's Dallas hub, these flights have gone away.

• American Eagle once served Corpus Christi with ATR-72 "Super ATR" aircraft, later transitioning to jet aircraft with a mix of CRJ-700 and ERJ-140/145 aircraft. The latter is the only type still flying to Corpus.

• Austin Express, a now defunct carrier, once flew multiple roundtrips between Corpus Christi and Austin.

• Historically, Eastern Air Lines provided service to Houston Hobby Airport utilizing Boeing 727 Whisperjets. This service made connections with Eastern's flights at Hobby to such cities as Atlanta, Baltimore and New York City. United Air Lines provided Boeing 727 Jet Mainliner flights to Austin for a short time.

• In early 2007 ExpressJet announced its 24-city rollout, which included a twice daily connection between the capital, Austin, and Corpus Christi. The airline no longer flies from Corpus Christi.

• Delta announced it will cease flights between Corpus Christi and Atlanta on January 6, 2008. The route has continually flucuated in terms of frequencies (max. 3) and times. The airline will have served Corpus Christi since 1999.

• Braniff International Airways once served Corpus Christi with service to Houston. Service was dropped when Braniff went bankrupt in 1982.

• Corpus Christi International Airport (official site)
• FAA Airport Master Record for CRP (Form 5010 PDF)
• Corpus Christi Caller-Times
• Continental Airlines
• Delta Air Lines
• Southwest Airlines
• ExpressJet Airlines
• American Airlines

• Airport Technology Article on CCIA - New Terminal Construction
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF)
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KCRP
  • ASN accident history for CRP
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCRP
  • FAA current CRP delay information