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Thief River Falls Regional Airport

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Thief River Falls Regional Airport

| image = Thief River Falls Regional Airport Logo.png

| IATA = TVF

| ICAO = KTVF

| FAA = TVF

| type = Public

| owner = Thief River Falls Regional Airport Authority

| operator =

| city-served = Thief River Falls, Minnesota

| location =

| elevation-f = 1,119

| elevation-m = 341

| website = [https://www.visittrf.com/location/thief-river-falls-regional-airport/ Thief River Falls Regional Airport]

| coordinates = {{coord|48|03|56|N|096|11|06|W|region:US-MN|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = USA Minnesota#USA

| pushpin_relief = yes

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Minnesota

| pushpin_label = TVF

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| r1-number = 13/31

| r1-length-f = 6,504

| r1-length-m = 1,982

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| r2-number = 4/22

| r2-length-f = 4,997

| r2-length-m = 1,523

| r2-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year =

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2018)

| stat1-data = 32,268

| stat2-header = Based aircraft (2022)

| stat2-data = 19

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=TVF|use=PU|own=PU|site=11024.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 2, 2020.

}}

Thief River Falls Regional Airport {{airport codes|TVF|KTVF|TVF}} is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Thief River Falls, a city in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States. The airport is owned by the Thief River Falls Regional Airport Authority. It is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by one commercial airline subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2018 (between 2,500 and 10,000 per year).

{{cite web

| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf

| title = 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A | format = PDF, 2.03 MB

| work = National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration

| date = October 4, 2010

}}

Facilities and aircraft

Thief River Falls Regional Airport covers an area of 916 acres (371 ha) at an elevation of 1,119 feet (341 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 6,504 by 150 feet (1,982 x 46 m) and 4/22 is 4,997 by 75 feet (1,523 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 32,268 aircraft operations, an average of 88 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi and 1% scheduled commercial. In January 2020, 23 aircraft were based at this airport: 18 single-engine, 2 multi-engine and 3 jet.

In 2023, airport management announced expansions that would take place over the coming years.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-19 |title=After big 2022, Thief River Falls Airport planning expansions |url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/local/after-big-2022-thief-river-falls-airport-planning-expansions |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=Grand Forks Herald |language=en}}

Airlines and destinations

{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2022}}

=Passenger=

{{Airport destination list

| Denver Air Connection | Minneapolis/St. Paul }}

class="collapsible collapsed" style="border:1px #aaa solid; width:50em; margin:0.2em auto"
Destinations map
{{Location map+ |USA Minnesota |width=800 |float=center

|caption=All passenger destinations from Thief River Falls Regional Airport (TVR)
{{font color | red | Red}} = Year-round destination
{{font color | green | Green }} = Seasonal destination
{{font color | blue | Blue }} = Future destination

|places=

{{Location map~ |USA Minnesota |lat=48.065556 |long=-96.185 |position=bottom|label=Thief River Falls|caption=|mark=Airplane_silhouette.svg |marksize=20}}

{{Location map~ |USA Minnesota |lat=44.881944 |long=-93.221667 |position=bottom |label= Minneapolis/St. Paul|label_size=100 |marksize=10}}

}}

= Cargo =

{{Airport destination list

|Alpine Air|Fargo

|Freight Runners Express| Fargo

| DHL operated by Encore Air Cargo operated by Bemidji Airlines | Minneapolis/St. Paul, Fargo

| FedEx Feeder operated by Corporate Air | Fargo

| FedEx Feeder operated by IFL Group Air Cargo | Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul

| UPS Airlines operated by IFL Group Air Cargo | Louisville

}}

Statistics

class="wikitable"

|+Busiest domestic routes from TVF
(September 2023 - August 2024)

{{cite web

| url = http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=TVF&End_YearMonth=24168

| title = Thief River Falls, MN: Thief River Falls Regional (TVF)

| publisher = Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation

| date = December 2020 | accessdate = November 16, 2024

}}

! Rank

! Airport

! Passengers

1

| Minneapolis/St Paul

| 8,000

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

|+Passenger boardings (enplanements) by year, as per the FAA{{Cite web|title=Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) and All-Cargo Data for U.S. Airports – Airports|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/|website=www.faa.gov|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-26}}

! style="text-align:left;" |Year

! style="text-align:right;" |2008 {{cite web|title=2008 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports with Enplanements (by State)|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf|date=December 18, 2009|work=CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|format=PDF, 1.0 MB}}

! style="text-align:right;" |2009 {{cite web|title=2009 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy09_all_enplanements.pdf|date=November 23, 2010|work=CY 2009 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|format=PDF, 891 KB}}

! style="text-align:right;" |2010 {{cite web|title=2010 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf|date=October 4, 2011|work=CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|format=PDF, 189 KB}}

! style="text-align:right;" |2011 {{cite web|title=2011 Enplanements at Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy11_all_enplanements.pdf|date=October 9, 2012|work=CY 2011 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration}}

! style="text-align:right;" |2012 {{cite web|title=2012 Enplanements at All Airports (Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation) by State and Airport|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/CY12AllEnplanements.pdf|date=October 31, 2013|work=CY 2012 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration}}

! style="text-align:right;" |2013{{Cite web|title=All Airports with CY 2013 Enplanements|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy13-all-enplanements.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 25, 2020}}

!2014{{Cite web|title=Calendar Year 2014 Enplanements by State|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy14-all-enplanements.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

!2015{{Cite web|title=Calendar Year 2015 Enplanements by State|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy15-all-enplanements.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

!2016{{Cite web|title=Calendar Year 2016 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy16-all-enplanements.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

!2017{{Cite web|title=Calendar Year 2017 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy17-all-enplanements.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

!2018{{Cite web|title=Calendar Year 2016 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy18-all-enplanements.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

style="text-align:left;" |Enplanements

| style="text-align:right;" |3,092

| style="text-align:right;" |2,721

| style="text-align:right;" |2,479

| style="text-align:right;" |2,418

| style="text-align:right;" |2,819

| style="text-align:right;" |2,079

| style="text-align:right;" |363

| style="text-align:right;" |1,029

| style="text-align:right;" |3,524

| style="text-align:right;" |5,735

| style="text-align:right;" |4,805

style="text-align:left;" |Change

| style="text-align:right;" |{{decrease}}{{0}}8.33%

| style="text-align:right;" |{{decrease}}{{0}}12.00%

| style="text-align:right;" |{{decrease}}{{0}}8.89%

| style="text-align:right;" |{{decrease}}{{0}}2.46%

| style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}{{0}}16.58%

| style="text-align:right;" |{{decrease}}{{0}}26.25%

| style="text-align:right;" |{{decrease}}{{0}}82.54%

| style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}{{0}}183.47%

| style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}{{0}}242.47%

| style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}62.74%

| style="text-align:right;" |{{decrease}}16.22%

Airline

| style="text-align:center;" |Mesaba Airlines dba Northwest Airlink

| style="text-align:center;" |Mesaba Airlines dba Delta Connection

| style="text-align:center;" |Mesaba Airlines dba Delta Connection

| style="text-align:center;" |Mesaba Airlines dba Delta Connection

| style="text-align:center;" | Great Lakes Airlines

| style="text-align:center;" | Great Lakes Airlines

| style="text-align:center;" | Great Lakes Airlines

| style="text-align:center;" | Great Lakes Airlines

| style="text-align:center;" |Boutique Air

| style="text-align:center;" | Boutique Air

| style="text-align:center;" | Boutique Air

Destination(s)

| style="text-align:center;" |Bemidji

----Minneapolis

| style="text-align:center;" |Hibbing

----Minneapolis

| style="text-align:center;" |Hibbing

----Minneapolis

| style="text-align:center;" |Hibbing

----Minneapolis

| style="text-align:center;" |Minneapolis

----Williston

| style="text-align:center;" |Minneapolis

| style="text-align:center;" |Minneapolis

| style="text-align:center;" |Minneapolis

| style="text-align:center;" |Minneapolis

| style="text-align:center;" |Minneapolis

| style="text-align:center;" |Minneapolis

See also

References

{{reflist}}

Other sources

{{refbegin}}

  • Essential Air Service documents ([http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=DOT-OST-2001-10642 Docket OST-2001-10642]) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
  • [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2001-10642-0055 Order 2005-6-13 (June 15, 2005)]: selecting Mesaba Aviation, Inc. d/b/a Northwest Airlink, an affiliate of Northwest Airlines, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) for the two-year period beginning June 1, 2005, at an annual subsidy of $777,709 for Thief River Falls and a combined annual subsidy of $2,160,770 for Fort Dodge and Mason City.
  • [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2001-10642-0060 Order 2007-6-3 (June 6, 2007)]: re-selecting Mesaba Aviation Inc., d/b/a Northwest Airlink, to continue to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Fort Dodge and Mason City, Iowa, and Thief River Falls, Minnesota, for the two-year period beginning June 1, 2007. Service will consist of 18 round trips per week at Fort Dodge and Mason City, routed Fort Dodge-Mason City-Minneapolis/St. Paul, at the combined annual subsidy rate of $21,113,865. Service at Thief River Falls will consist of 12 one-stop round trips per week to Minneapolis/St. Paul at the annual subsidy rate of $1,065,639. All service will be provided with 34-seat Saab 340 aircraft as Northwest Airlink.
  • [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2001-10642-0068 Order 2009-4-20 (April 28, 2009)]: re-selecting Mesaba Aviation, Inc., d/b/a Delta Connection, to continue providing subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Fort Dodge and Mason City, IA, and Thief River Falls, MN, for the two-year period beginning June 1, 2009, at the annual subsidy rates of $2,225,213 for Fort Dodge and Mason City, and $1,230,322 for Thief River Falls.
  • [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2001-10642-0085 Order 2011-11-30 (November 25, 2011)]: selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide essential air service (EAS) at six communities at the following annual subsidy rates: Brainerd, Minnesota, $959,865; Fort Dodge, $1,798,693; Iron Mountain, $1,707,841; Mason City, $1,174,468; Thief River Falls, Minnesota, $1,881,815; and Watertown, $1,710,324, for the two-year period beginning when Great Lakes inaugurates full EAS at all six communities
  • [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2001-10642-0093 Order 2012-6-23 (June 26, 2012)]: establishing the effective period for the Essential Air Service (EAS) contracts awarded to Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., by Order 2011-11-30. ... The contracts will thus expire at the end of the 24-month period thereafter: May 31, 2014.
  • [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2001-10642-0104 Order 2014-4-17 (April 18, 2014)]: reselecting Great Lakes Aviation to provide EAS at Thief River Falls, Minnesota, using 19 (reconfigured to 9) passenger Beech1900D aircraft with non-stop service to Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (Minneapolis) for 2 round trips each weekday and weekend (12 total per week), for the two-year term from June 1, 2014 through May 31, 2016, for an annual subsidy of $2,428,750.

{{refend}}

External links

  • [http://www.trfairport.com Thief River Falls Regional Airport] at City of Thief River Falls website
  • {{cite web |url= http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/avoffice/ops/airdir/pdf/thiefriverfalls.pdf |title= Thief River Falls Regional Airport |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060924023143/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/avoffice/ops/airdir/pdf/thiefriverfalls.pdf |archivedate= 2006-09-24 }} {{small|(261 KB)}} from Minnesota DOT Airport Directory
  • [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=48.0647&lon=-96.1845&w=1000&h=1000&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of April 1991] from USGS The National Map
  • {{FAA-procedures|TVF}}

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