Laramie Regional Airport

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Laramie Regional Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerLaramie Regional Airport Board
Serves Laramie, Wyoming
Elevation  AMSL 7,284 ft / 2,220 m
Coordinates 41°18′43″N105°40′30″W / 41.31194°N 105.67500°W / 41.31194; -105.67500
Website flylaramie.com
Map
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LAR
Location of airport in Wyoming
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LAR
LAR (the United States)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
03/218,5022,591Asphalt
12/306,3001,920Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations10,486
Based aircraft38

Laramie Regional Airport( IATA : LAR, ICAO : KLAR, FAA LID : LAR) is three miles west of Laramie, in Albany County, Wyoming. It is owned by the Laramie Regional Airport Board. [1] Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

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Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 10,371 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, [2] 8,663 enplanements in 2009, and 8,999 in 2010. [3] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008 (more than 10,000 per year). [4]

The area has many businesses and the University of Wyoming and the Wyoming Technical Institute. The airport has airline flights to Denver, Colorado, but these are less than one percent of all flights. [1] The airport has an important fire fighting role.

History

Built in 1934, the airport was Brees Field until 1992, after United States Army general Herbert J. Brees. To allow B-24 Bombers the runways were paved in 1944. [5] Airline flights started in 1945; in 1959 the terminal building was built.

Facilities

United Express flight ready to depart from Laramie Regional Airport Laramie Regional Airport SkyWest flight departure.tif
United Express flight ready to depart from Laramie Regional Airport

The airport covers 1,580 acres (639 ha) at an elevation of 7,284 feet (2,220 m). It has two asphalt runways: 3/21 is 8,502 by 150 feet (2,591 x 46 m) and 12/30 is 6,300 by 100 feet (1,920 x 30 m). [1]

In 2018 the airport had 10,486 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per day: 81% general aviation, 14% air taxi, <1% airline, and 5% military. 38 aircraft were then based at this airport: 76% single-engine and 24% multi-engine. [1]

Cowboy Aviation is the fixed-base operation at Laramie Regional Airport serving private aviation. It offers refueling, concierge, a comfortable pilot's lounge and a large conference room. Exterior of the new Cowboy Aviation building at Laramie Regional Airport.tif
Cowboy Aviation is the fixed-base operation at Laramie Regional Airport serving private aviation. It offers refueling, concierge, a comfortable pilot's lounge and a large conference room.

Airline and destination

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A United Express CRJ-200

As of March 2016 only Skywest flies into Laramie on behalf of United Express. Normally a Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jet is operated on flights from Denver.

AirlinesDestinations
United Express Denver

Statistics

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes from LAR
(March 2021 - February 2022) [6]
RankAirportPassengersCarrier
1 Denver, Colorado 17,000United Express

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Form 5010 for LAR PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective December 2, 2021.
  2. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  5. About Laramie Regional Airport Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Laramie, WY: Laramie Regional (LAR)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2022.

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