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Pocatello Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use
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in the
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, located in Power County, Idaho, seven 
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s (13  km) northwest of central Pocatello. The airport is built on the site of the Pocatello Army Airfield, a
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training base. Many of the base facilities have been razed, although four large hangars remain; it is also home to the Pocatello office of the
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. Bounded on the south by Interstate 86, the airport is several miles southeast of American Falls Reservoir. As per the
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(FAA), this airport had 25,756 passenger boardings (enplanements) in
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2008, 21,039 in 2009, and 20,825 in 2010. The
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for 2011–2015 categorized it as a '' primary commercial service'' airport. The airport is home to the Kizuna Garden, built to commemorate the bond between Pocatello and its sister city
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Facilities and aircraft

Pocatello Regional Airport covers an area of at an
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of above
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. It has two
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s with
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surfaces: 3/21 is and 17/35 is . For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 27,317 aircraft operations, an average of 75 per day: 70%
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, 25%
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, 4% scheduled commercial, and 1%
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. At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 35 single-
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, 7 multi-engine, 5 jet, and 1
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History

* In 1943, the Pocatello Army Airfield was built as a Second Air Force heavy bomber ( B-17, B-24) training base. By 1949, the new airfield had become a surplus property and was obtained by the city of Pocatello to build a commercial airport. * While the starting date is unknown, Western Air Lines served Pocatello for a number of years, but discontinued all service by 1980. According to the airline's August 1, 1968 system timetable, Western operated
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turboprops into Pocatello. In September of 1973, this service was replaced with the new and more efficient Boeing 737-200, which offered nonstop flights to Salt Lake City, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. After discontinuing mainline flights, the airline subsequently served the airport as Western Express which was operated as code share service by SkyWest with commuter turboprop aircraft. Western merged with
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in 1987, and SkyWest continues to operate the code share service as
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. * In the mid 1970s, Hughes Airwest served the airport with Douglas DC-9-10 and DC-9-30 jetliners, according to the February 1, 1976 edition of the North American
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. * In the mid 1980s, Cascade Airways served Pocatello with
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twin jets, according to the February 15, 1985 edition of the North American
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(OAG). The OAG also lists Cascade flights operated with smaller Fairchild Metro commuter turboprops. * Horizon Air served Pocatello until January 7, 2006, originally with service to Salt Lake City in 1983. The airline canceled that service in favor of flights to Boise starting in 1984 operated with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 turboprops. * Big Sky Airlines served Pocatello from the day Horizon canceled service until March 30, 2007. * In 2014, a World War II-era mortar was found on the airport grounds while doing routine maintenance work. The mortar was safely removed by law enforcement. * In 2024,
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retired their
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from the fleet, before retiring, NASA flew across the United States and landed in Pocatello, and is still currently restored there. This Douglas DC-8 was one of about 3 total aircraft that were still flying at the time. The DC-8 was donated to the airport for education use for
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. The aircraft sits next to the taxiway and
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parking area of the airport.


Airline and destination


Statistics


See also

* Idaho World War II Army Airfields * List of airports in Idaho


References

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External links

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Pocatello AvCenter
the
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