Logan-Cache Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Utah, United States of America}}
{{about|the airport located in Logan, Utah|the airport located in Boston, Massachusetts|Logan International Airport}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
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| name = Logan-Cache Airport
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| caption = View from south
| IATA = LGU
| ICAO = KLGU
| FAA = LGU
| type = Public
| owner = Management and Airport Authority of Logan City
| operator = Utah State University
| city-served = Cache Valley of northern Utah and southeastern Idaho
| location = North Logan, Utah
| focus_city =
- Gem Air
- Ameriflight
- UPS (on contract flights)
- FedEx (on contract flights)
- Private or charter arrangements
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| timezone = Mountain
| utc = UTC−7
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| utcs = UTC−6
| elevation-f = 4,457
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| coordinates = {{Coord|41.79|N|111.85|W|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website = [https://www.logan-cacheairport.org/visiting-logan-utah/ logan-cacheairport.org]
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| r1-number = 17/35
| r1-length-f = 9,020
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| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 10/28
| r2-length-f = 4,075
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| r2-surface = Asphalt
| stat1-header = Aircraft movements
| stat1-data = 109,245
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| stat-year = 2024
| footnotes = Source: 2024 Logan/Cache Valley Airport Audit {{cite web | title= Audit of the Governance and Operations of the Logan/Cache Valley Airport | url=https://www.cachecounty.gov/assets/department/airport/pdf/Logan-Cache%20Airport%20Consultant%20Final%20Report.pdf | access-date=2025-04-17}}
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Logan-Cache Airport {{Airport codes|LGU|KLGU|LGU}} is an airport in the western United States in Cache County, Utah, located {{convert|3|mi|0|spell=in}} northwest of Logan. It is owned under the Logan-Cache Airport Authority, formed by Inter-local Agreement between Cache County and Logan City in 1992. This organization is subsidized by the city and county, having no authority to tax or bond for additional funding. Revenues are derived from leases of land, buildings, fuel and maintenance fees. The airport was previously owned by Cache County and managed by county commissioners. It is the second busiest airport in Utah by number of aircraft operations, with 109,245 in 2024.
History & services
Western Airlines served Logan from 1946 until West Coast Airlines replaced them in 1959; West Coast pulled out in 1964. Key Airlines served the airport from Salt Lake City from 1964 to 1976. In that year, Utah carrier Transwestern Airlines had its company headquartered at the airport, with flights to their hub at Salt Lake City, until its acquisition by Horizon Air in December 1983.
Currently, scheduled services come from Ameriflight and Gem Air under contract for UPS and FedEx Express, transporting from several nearby states. Frequent charter flights occur on behalf of Utah State University's athletic teams and their opponents. Utah State also occupies several hangars on the north end of the airport access road for its fixed-wing and rotorcraft training programs, and operates the dispatch office in the main passenger terminal. The airport also hosts Leading Edge Aviation, which offers flight training, FBO services, and a pilot supply shop. There are also several independent CFIs based at the airport.
Facilities
The Logan-Cache Airport covers {{convert|739|acre|mi2 km2|2}} with two runways:
- 17/35: {{convert|9020|x|100|ft}} Asphalt
- 10/28: {{convert|4,075|x|60|ft}} Asphalt
- Two non-operational control towers{{FAA-airport|ID=LGU|use=PU|own=PU|site=23369.A}} effective July 13, 2023
This airport remains a Class G, uncontrolled airport, with Class E airspace beginning at 700 ft AGL.
Incidents & Accidents
- January 9, 2005: A Grumman Gulfstream II operated by the Icon Health and Fitness, registered N74RQ, impacted a snow bank during a final approach after the pilot had failed to conduct a proper IFR operation, after arriving from Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, in Kansas City, Missouri. The plane had 2 crew and 7 passengers. No one was killed or injured.{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050109-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Grumman American G-1159 Gulfstream II N74RQ Logan-Cache Airport, UT (LGU)|first=Harro|last=Ranter|website=aviation-safety.net}}
- February 2, 2013: A Cessna 175 Skylark that had taken off from this airport had to make an emergency landing in a nearby field due to carburetor ice.
- July 18, 2016: a Diamond DA40 operated by Utah State University, registered as N419FP, was destroyed in Paradise during a training flight from the airport, with one fatality. The student pilot killed exceeded the critical angle of attack, and resulted in a flat spin stall.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20160718X60527&key=1|title=Aviation Accident|website=www.ntsb.gov}} This became the first fatal crash in the USU Aviation Program and the first plane crash in its history.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hjnews.com/allaccess/usu-aviation-student-killed-in-plane-crash-south-of-hyrum/article_2cd22ebe-ca95-5e66-8835-cd5222a1825f.html|title=USU aviation student killed in plane crash south of Hyrum|first=Amy|last=Macavinta|website=The Herald Journal}}
- June 24, 2022: A Cessna 152, registered N934JH and owned by USU, crashed near Mendon, Utah. Neither the student nor the instructor aboard survived.{{Cite web |last=staff |first=Herald Journal |title=Update: Flight instructor, student killed in USU Aviation crash near Mendon |url=https://www.hjnews.com/news/local/update-flight-instructor-student-killed-in-usu-aviation-crash-near-mendon/article_6f32ee09-1633-533f-9b07-7d0344fe1ee3.html |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=The Herald Journal |language=en}}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{official|https://www.logan-cacheairport.org}}
{{US-airport-ga|LGU}}