Situated at a distance of 8 kilometers towards the southwest of the city of Spokane, the prime significance of Spokane International Airport lies in the fact that it serves one of the major business districts of USA, the Spokane County. Serving over 3 million passengers in the year 2006, the Spokane International Airport, Washington is the second largest airport of the State.
This airport in Spokane was known by different names at different points of time such as Sunset Field Airport, Geiger Field Airport, Felts Field Airport, and Spokane's Municipal Airport. Finally, in 1976, the current name of the airport became effective.
The noteworthy features of the Spokane International Airport in Washington, USA are:
- It is a civil airport and has been coded as KGEG by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and as GEG by International Air Transport Association (IATA).
- The runway of Spokane International Airport, Washington is paved with asphalt and measures 9,000 feet in length.
- The airport has an officially published instrument approach (known as Instrument Flight Rules or IFR) procedure at the airport. This suggests that Spokane International Airport is safe for flights to take-off from or land even during bad weather or inadequate light.
- According to the statistics presented in May, 2007, the airport operated as many as 265 flights on an average in a day. Of these, 42 percent consisted of commercial flights, 20 percent of local general flights, 20 percent of air taxis, 17 percent of transient general flights, and the remaining 2 percent belonged to military flights.
- Out of a total of 110 aircrafts based at the Spokane International Airport, 68 comprise single engine airplanes, and 39 multi-engine airplanes. The airport also boasts of having 2 jet airplanes and a helicopter.
Besides, the Airport in Victorville also connects several other airports that are located in the neighboring areas. These airports along with their respective codes and distances (in nautical miles) are as follows:
- Fairchild Air Force Base (KSKA) - 5
- Felts Field Airport (KSFF) - 9
- Deer Park Airport (KDEW) - 21
- Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal (KCOE) - 30
- Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport (KPUW) - 55
In addition to this, as many as 37 hotels in Spokane (apart from 8 in Spokane Valley) provide optimum facilities and services to the tourists.
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