Ogden-Hinckley Airport is a public airport four miles southwest of Ogden, in

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. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023 categorized it as a commercial service–primary nonhub airport. Formerly Ogden Municipal Airport, it is billed as Utah's busiest municipal airport for private planes. The airport has an FAA

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with radar approach service by Salt Lake City

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History

During

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the airfield was used by the

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. Western Airlines arrived in 1944 and United Airlines in 1946; both pulled out in 1959. West Coast Airlines replaced them until it pulled out in 1961. In September 2012 Allegiant Air began non-stop flights to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. On May 4, 2021

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commenced service between

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’s Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD) and Los Angeles’

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(BUR). Flight XP107 departs BUR daily at 11:10 arriving OGD at 14:00 local time; flight XP108 departs OGD at 14:40, arriving BUR at 15:40 local time

In April 2022, Allegiant Air announced that they would be stopping flights to Ogden citing a shortage of pilots as a main reason. In June 2022, Avelo announced that they would be stopping flights to Ogden as well. Avelo stated that the high price of fuel was a major factor in their decision to leave Ogden. The two airlines departing allowed the City to accelerate the previously scheduled renovation work, including constructing a new control tower and expanding the airport several thousand square feet.

Facilities

Ogden-Hinckley Airport covers 720 acres (291 ha) at an

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of 4,473 feet (1,363 m). It has three asphalt runways: 3/21 is 8,103 by 150 feet (2,470 x 46 m); 16/34 is 5,195 by 100 feet (1,583 x 30 m); 7/25 is 3,618 by 150 feet (1,103 x 46 m). In 2010 the airport had 72,043 aircraft operations, average 197 per day: 99%

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, 1% military, and <1% airline. 244 aircraft were then based at the airport: 80% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 5%

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, 3% jet, 1%

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, and 1% glider.

Accidents and incidents

* On December 18, 1953, a

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intending to land at Hill Air Force Base landed at Ogden Municipal Airport by mistake. One of the eight crew was killed when the aircraft crashed and caught fire. *On January 16, 2020, a twin-engined Cessna approaching the airport clipped a house and crashed, killing the pilot.

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External links

*
Ogden-Hinckley Airport
at City of Ogden website
Aerial image as of October 1997
from

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