Pangborn Memorial Airport

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Pangborn Memorial Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPorts of Chelan and Douglas Counties
Serves Wenatchee, Washington
Elevation  AMSL 1,249 ft / 381 m
Coordinates 47°23′53″N120°12′21″W / 47.39806°N 120.20583°W / 47.39806; -120.20583
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Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
7/254,4601,359Closed
12/307,0002,134Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations44,376
Based aircraft108

Pangborn Memorial Airport( IATA : EAT, ICAO : KEAT, FAA LID : EAT) is in Douglas County, Washington, four miles east of Wenatchee, a city in Chelan County. The airport is owned by the Ports of Chelan and Douglas Counties. [1]

Contents

The airport is used for general aviation and is served by one airline (Horizon Air), offering in-state service. SeaPort Airlines served the airport until winter 2012. As of September 28, 2006, Pangborn Memorial began supporting ILS (Instrument Landing System) approaches.

Pangborn Memorial Airport is named for Clyde Pangborn, who in 1931 was the first pilot to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean. Taking off from Misawa, Aomori, Japan with an intended destination of Seattle, he and his co-pilot, Hugh Herndon Jr., instead landed in Wenatchee.

Facilities

Pangborn Memorial Airport covers 665 acres (269 ha) at an elevation of 1,249 feet (381 m). It has two asphalt runways: 12/30, the only operational runway, is 7,000 by 150 feet (2,134 x 46 m). The former Runway 7/25 is closed; it was 4,460 by 75 feet (1,359 x 23 m). [1]

But I digress. - LTC Paolilli

History

In 2009, the FAA recommended and approved an expansion of the Pangborn runway to 7,000 feet. [2]

Airline and destination

In the year ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 44,376 aircraft operations, average 121 per day: 89% general aviation, 5% air taxi, 5% airline and 1% military. 108 aircraft were then based at this airport: 82 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 2 jet, 5 helicopter, 10 glider and 2 ultralight. [1]

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Alaska Airlines Seattle/Tacoma


In July 2018, Pangborn began working towards getting a direct flight to and from San Francisco.[ citation needed ]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Ameriflight Omak, Seattle–Boeing
FedEx Feeder Spokane

Statistics

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes from EAT
(September 2022 – August 2023) [3]
RankCityPassengersCarriers
1 Seattle/Tacoma, Washington 20,680Alaska

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for EAT PDF , effective 2023-8-10.
  2. ↑ "Airport can't grow without upgrades". Wenatchee World. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  3. ↑ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=EAT&Airport_Name=Wenatchee, WA: Pangborn Memorial&carrier=FACTS
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