Spokane International Airport

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Spokane International Airport
Geiger Field


FAA airport diagram
IATA: GEG – ICAO: KGEG – FAA: GEG
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Spokane County-City
Location Spokane, Washington
Elevation AMSL 2,376 ft / 724 m
Coordinates 47°37′12″N 117°32′02″W / 47.62, -117.53389
Website www.SpokaneAirports.net
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 9,001 2,744 Asphalt
7/25 8,199 2,499 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 103,975
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Spokane International Airport (IATA: GEG, ICAO: KGEG, FAA LID: GEG) is a commercial airport located about five miles (8 km) west of downtown Spokane, Washington United States.[1] It is the primary airport for Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, Eastern Washington, and North Idaho and is the second largest airport in the State of Washington processing 3.2 million passengers in 2006 and is considered by the FAA as a small hub.

Known as Sunset Field before 1941, it was purchased from the county by the Department of Defense and renamed Geiger Field after Major Harold Geiger, an Army aviator. It was designated Spokane's municipal airport in 1946, replacing Felts Field, and received its present name in 1960.[2] Fairchild Air Force Base is located just four miles to the west.

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Due to the rapid growth of the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene area and increased passenger volumes at the airport as a result, the airport is looking to add more direct flights to cities on the east coast like Atlanta, Washington, DC, Detroit, and Cincinnati because those cities have direct connections to Central and South America as well as Europe and Africa.[3]

There is currently a plan in place for future expansion of the airport as it continues to grow in passenger volume.[4] Big components of the master plan include extending the main runway, adding 3rd runway, and expanding Concourse C with more gates.

A new control tower had been built south of the airport, replacing the old one located near Concourse C. Currently, the new tower is the tallest control tower in the State of Washington. Another project, recently completed, was the Terminal, Rotunda, and Concourse C Enhancement Project (TRACE).[5] The project, which wrapped up in November 2006, added retail space and expanded the security checkpoints in the airport's three concourses, as well as gave the Rotunda an aesthetic make over.

Spokane International Airport provides 24 gates on 3 concourses. Although there are currently no international flights, in the past there were flights to Canada, such as Vancouver and Calgary.

Concourse A has 5 Gates: 11 - 15

Concourse B has 10 Gates: 1-10

Concourse C has 9 Gates: 21 - 26, 30 - 32

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Master Record for GEG (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ Spokane International Airport: Frequently Asked Questions
  3. ^ [http://www.spokanejournal.com/spokane_id=article&sub=3368: Passenger levels at SIA take off]
  4. ^ Spokane International Airport: Twenty-year Master Plan Update
  5. ^ Spokane International Airport: Terminal, Rotunda, and Concourse C Enhancement Project

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