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New Bedford Regional Airport (IATA: EWB, ICAO: KEWB, FAA LID: EWB) is a Part 139 Commercial-Service Airport, municipally-owned and available for public use.The airport is located three nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northwest of the city center belonging to the City of New Bedford, a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
The Aspen/Pitkin County Airport is certificated as a Class I, ARFF Index B commercial service airport under FAR Part 139. The airport's operations department is responsible for daily compliance with FAA Part 139, including daily airport safety inspections, rules and regulations enforcement, and aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF).
It won the FAA's "Airport Safety Enhancement Award" in 1994, 1997, 2000, and 2003. [19] In order to receive this honor, an airport must be free from discrepancies during an inspection for three consecutive years. In 2008, the Dubuque Regional Airport marked 18 consecutive years of perfect safety inspections in accordance with FAR Part 139.
That airport was shut down in 1920 when Ohio Stadium was built on the site. [3] [5] The university built a second airport soon after its first shut down, and it was among a number of universities that took part in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, sponsored by the Civil Aeronautics Administration, for the purpose of fostering private flying. [5]
The airport opened in 2003 with a 5,500-foot runway. A $5.6 million project in 2004 extended the runway length to 7,000 feet, long enough to accommodate larger aircraft. [11] In 2005, Tunica received its Part 139 certification to allow large jets from the Federal Aviation Administration. [12]
Today, Vero Beach Regional Airport is a 1,707-acre (6.91 km 2) tower-controlled facility with an FAR Part 139 operating certificate. [2] The airport has seen commercial passenger service from mainly regional airlines in the past including USAir Express flights to Melbourne and Orlando in the 1990's. [14]
Its fixed-base operator, Northgate Aviation provides fuel, maintenance, flight training, and charter flights. Though an operational airport with that meets Federal Aviation Regulations Part 139 standards, the airport has not seen active commercial air service since SkyWest Airlines ended service to San Francisco at the end of 2014.
The airport also operates a 24/7 ARFF facility that meets the requirements of index B, although the airport is not certificated under FAR Part 139. ARFF services are provided by Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue. The airport is home to two rare Florida native species of animal, the gopher tortoise and the Florida burrowing owl.