Abilene Regional Airport
The Abilene Regional Airport is an FAR Part 139 certified airport on 1,700 city own acres, located approximately three nautical miles southeast of the central business district.
Airlines
Facilities
- Precision Category 1 Instrument Runway (runway 35R with HIRL lighting system)
- Parallel runway system, 17L/35R, 17R/35L are 7,200 feet long by 150 feet wide (asphalt grooved)
- Runway 4-22, 3,686 feet long and 100 feet wide (asphalt)
- No obstruction clearance restrictions for departures
- FAA tower and TRACON open 24-hours-a-day
- “Dusk to Dawn” lighting on all aircraft movement areas
- VASI equipment installed on 17R and 35L
- PAPI equipment installed on 17L (P-4L)
- NDB approach to runway 35R
- VOR approach to runway 17R
- RVR equipment installed for runway 35R approach
- REILS equipment installed for runway 35L approach
Services
- American Eagle offering frequent service to Dallas-Fort Worth
- Continental Connection offering round-trip flights to Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport
- FBO service 24-hours-a-day offering full maintenance, avionics repair, parking, storage, refueling, charter, and ground handling
- Fuel available – 100 low lead, Jet A, Jet A-2M
- Three auto rental agencies
- Regional jet service available
General
- Airport elevation = 1,791 feet
- Over 85 based aircraft
- Aeronautical property available for development
- 100,000 operations per year (25% of airport capacity)
- 8.9 nautical miles from Dyess Air Force Base
- 350+ flying days per calendar year
- Recent terminal renovation and expansion complete with new jetways and baggage handling carousels
- Construction currently underway for both upper and lower levels of the airport, as well as improved paved parking areas; Projected completion during fall of 2008
