Canyonlands Regional Airport
{{short description|Regional airstrip near Moab, Utah, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Canyonlands Regional Airport
| image = Canyonlands Regional logo.png
| image2 = Canyonlands Field.jpg
| IATA = CNY
| ICAO = KCNY
| FAA = CNY
| type = Public
| owner = Grand County
| operator =
| location =
| elevation-f = 4,590
| website = [http://www.grandcountyutah.net/263/airport/ GrandCountyUtah.net/...]
| coordinates = {{coord|38|45|18|N|109|45|17|W|region:US-UT|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Utah#USA
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_label = CNY
| pushpin_label_position = left
| r1-number = 3/21
| r1-length-f = 7,360
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 15/33
| r2-length-f = 2,000
| r2-surface = Gravel
| stat-year = 2018
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 15,750
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 46
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=CNY|use=PU|own=PU|site=25205.1*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
}}
Canyonlands Regional Airport, Moab {{airport codes|CNY|KCNY|CNY}} is a regional commercial airport in Grand County, Utah, United States, {{convert|21|mi|km}} northwest of Moab. The airport services two airlines, one subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
The Federal Aviation Administration reported 2,870 enplanements (passenger boardings) at the airport in calendar year 2008,{{cite web|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf| title = Enplanements for CY 2008 | format = PDF, 1.0 MB| work = CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = December 18, 2009}} 3,982 in 2009, 2,701 in 2010,{{cite web| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf| title = Enplanements for CY 2010| format = PDF, 189 KB| work = CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2011}} 9,181 in 2011, 7,955 in 2012, 7,048 in 2013, and 9,843 (unofficial) in 2017. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).
History
Canyonlands Regional Airport opened about 1964–1965, with the {{convert|6900|ft|m|adj=on}} runway 15/33, {{convert|140|ft|m|adj=on}} wide. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112032959774;view=1up;seq=163 1985 airport info] This runway was replaced in 1985 with the current northeast–southwest-oriented runway, 75 feet wide.{{Cite book|url=http://core.tdar.org/document/23099|title = Cultural Resources Inventory Report on the Proposed Canyonlands Airport Extension in Grand County, Utah for Armstrong and Associates, Inc|year = 1985}} In the latter 2010s, the terminal building was greatly expanded to handle upcoming 50-seat regional jets.
=Historical airline service=
From 1959 to 1965, the original Frontier Airlines served the previous airfield, Grand County Airport ({{coord|38.488|N|109.449|W|display=inline}}), eight miles southeast of Moab, followed by service to Canyonlands from 1965 to 1975. In 1959, Frontier Douglas DC-3s flew direct to Denver with stops in Grand Junction, Montrose, Gunnison, and Pueblo.http://www.timetableimages.com, July 1, 1959 Frontier timetable From the new airport, Frontier Convair 580s flew direct to Albuquerque, Denver, El Paso, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tucson via intermediate en route stops.http://www.timetableimages.com, Oct. 29, 1967 Frontier timetable By late 1970, Frontier 580s flew to Denver via Grand Junction.http://www.departedflights.com, Oct. 25, 1970 Frontier map Service was paused in 1973 for airport construction at which time Western Air Stages provided flights to Grand Junction using a much smaller Beechcraft Queen Air model 80. Frontier returned in late 1973 but then ended all service by late 1974.
Several commuter airlines then served Moab mainly with flights to Salt Lake City, Denver, or Grand Junction. These carriers are funded through the federal government Essential Air Service Program, and their service comes up for bid every two years. These airlines included:
- Sun Valley Key Commuter 1974–1976, Piper Navajos to Salt Lake City and Grand Junction. Frontier Airlines timetables listed Sun Valley Key flights between Moab and Grand Junction to connect with Frontier to Denver until mid-1976.
- SkyWest Airlines, summer 1975, Piper Navajos to Page, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Transwestern Airlines 1977/1980, Piper Navajos to Salt Lake City and Blanding, Utah.http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 edition, Official Airline Guide
- Alpine Air 1984 through the latter 1990s, Pipers to Salt Lake City.http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 15, 1989; Oct. 1, 1991; April 2, 1995 editions, Official Airline Guide The OAG shows no air service to Moab for several years in the late 1990s.
- Sunrise Airlines 2000 thru early 2001 with BAe Jetstream 31's to Salt Lake City.
- Great Lakes Airlines dba United Express June 7, 2001, to early 2004, Beech 1900Ds to Denver and Phoenix. The Phoenix flight stopped in Page, Arizona. The representation as United Express ended in early 2002 and Great Lakes continued serving Moab under their own identity.
- Salmon Air, May 2004 to June 2006, Piper Navajos to Salt Lake City.http://www.go-utah/salmon-air/{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}http://www.departedflights.com, April 15, 1974 Sun Valley Key Airlines route map
- Air Midwest dba America West Express, July 2, 2006, to November 3, 2007, Beechcraft 1900Ds to Salt Lake City and Phoenix. The Phoenix flight stopped in Farmington, New Mexico.
- Air Midwest dba US Airways Express, November 4, 2007, to January 5, 2008, same as above.
- Great Lakes Airlines returned on January 6, 2008, operating under their own identity with two daily Beechcraft 1900Ds to Denver International Airport.http://www.airliners.net, photo of Great Lakes 1900D at Canyonlands Daily nonstop flights were later added to Vernal, Utah, Ely, Nevada, and Prescott, Arizona, as an extension of its Denver service. Great Lakes ended service to Moab in January 2014.http://www.flygreatlakes.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060417140731/http://www.flygreatlakes.com/ |date=2006-04-17 }}, Route Map
- SkyWest Airlines dba Delta Connection, March 2, 2014, to April 2015, Embraer 120s to Salt Lake City. SkyWest prematurely discontinued service due to the retirement of the Embraer Brasilia prop aircraft and there was then no air service at Moab for the next year.
- Boutique Air, March 30, 2016, to February 28, 2018, Pilatus PC-12s to Denver and Salt Lake City.
- SkyWest Airlines returned on May 1, 2018 (now as United Express) with Canadair CRJ-200s to Denver after the Moab airport runway was improved to handle regional jets.
- Delta Air Lines returned on May 5, 2021, with daily summer seasonal service to Salt Lake City International Airport flown by Delta Connection partner SkyWest using CRJ-200.
Airlines and destinations
=Passenger=
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| Contour Airlines | Denver,{{Cite web |title= Denver International Airport Celebrates the Arrival of Contour Airlines, Connecting Travelers to Moab and Vernal with Convenient Nonstop Service: New Updates You Need To Know |date=January 17, 2025 |url= https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/denver-international-airport-celebrates-the-arrival-of-contour-airlines-connecting-travelers-to-moab-and-vernal-with-convenient-nonstop-service-new-updates-you-need-to-know/|access-date=January 28, 2025 |website=Travel and Tour World}} Phoenix–Sky Harbor | {{cite news |last=Fisher |first=Sophia |date=October 26, 2023 |title=Feds finally approve new air service |url=https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/feds-finally-approve-new-air-service/ |work=The Times-Independent |location=Moab, Utah |access-date=October 28, 2023}}
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Previous Delta Connection service was operated by regional airline partner SkyWest using CRJ-200 regional jet aircraft. Previous United Express service was operated by SkyWest Airlines via a code sharing agreement with United Airlines and was flown with Canadair CRJ-200s. Both services were replaced by Contour Airlines with service to Phoenix.
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Facilities
Canyonlands Regional Airport covers {{convert|985|acres|ha}} at an elevation of {{convert|4555|ft|m}}. Its runways, 3/21, is {{convert|7360|x|100|ft|m|}} asphalt, with displaced thresholds, and a gravel runway which is {{convert|2000|x|60|ft|m}}.
In the year ending December 31, 2018 the airport had 15,750 aircraft operations, average 43 per day: 71% general aviation, 28% air taxi, and 2% military. 46 aircraft were then based at this airport: 40 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, 3 helicopters and 2 ultralight.
With the addition of regional jets in 2018, the terminal building underwent a major expansion.
Accidents and incidents
- On August 22, 2008, a Beechcraft King Air, operating for Southwest Skin and Cancer LLC, leased from Leavitt Group Wings, LLC, impacted hilly terrain about 1.2 miles south of CNY shortly after takeoff in visual meteorological conditions bound for Cedar City Regional Airport. All ten occupants (nine passengers, one pilot) were killed.{{ASN accident |id=20080822-0 |title= N601PC |wikibase= no |accessdate= October 20, 2020}}
- On October 1, 2023, a single-engine Piper plane carrying North Dakota state senator Doug Larsen, his wife and their two young children crashed 15 miles north of CNY shortly after takeoff. The plane, piloted by Larsen, who was a lieutenant colonel in the North Dakota Army National Guard, stopped to refuel at CNY on the way back to North Dakota after visiting family in Scottsdale. All four occupants were killed.{{cite news |title=North Dakota state senator, his wife and 2 kids killed in Utah plane crash |url=https://apnews.com/article/utah-plane-crash-moab-killed-a7064a4f3a883be6f920fb647d10c6ca |access-date=2 October 2023 |agency=Associated Press}}{{cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/346183|title=Accident description for N7153R at Aviation Safety Network|website=aviationsafetynetwork.org|accessdate= November 1, 2024}}
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category|Canyonlands Field}}
- {{official|http://www.grandcountyutah.net/263/Airport}}
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=12&lat=38.7582&lon=-109.7513&w=600&h=700&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of July 1997] from USGS The National Map
- {{FAA-procedures|CNY}}
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Category:Transportation in Grand County, Utah