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East Texas Regional Airport is a county owned, public use airport located eight nautical miles (9 mi, 15 km) south of the central business district of Longview, in Gregg County, Texas, United States.〔 Its IATA identifier "GGG" comes from its prior name, Gregg County Airport. The airport is mostly used for general aviation and military training operations, but scheduled airline service to Dallas/Fort Worth is provided by American Airlines/American Eagle. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 24,835 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 24,944 enplanements in 2009, and 21,830 in 2010.〔 〕 It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''primary commercial service'' airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).〔 〕 East Texas Regional is also home to LeTourneau University's (School of Aeronautical Science ). LeTourneau constitutes a very large portion of the airport's traffic and has a fleet of airplanes ranging from Cessna 172s to Citabrias and Diamond DA-42 Twinstars. Most LeTourneau aircraft have tail numbers ending in "LU". All airplanes use the call sign "Jacket" (three letter- JKA). Each summer the airport plays host to the Great Texas Balloon Race, a volunteer-run weekend event held annually since 1980. == History == In 2007 the airport was awarded a $6.5 million Airport Improvement Program grant to accomplish major updates to the facility. Included among the projects were the resurfacing of Runway 13/31, as well as the relocation of the ILS glideslope & MALSR due to the creation of an 800' displaced threshold on Runway 13 to comply with FAA runway safety area standards. Additionally, former taxiway H (at the intersection of 18/36 and 13/31) was demolished after being identified as a potential "hot spot" for runway incursions. The improvements were completed in 2009. Runway 13/31 was also a stand-by recovery point for the Space Shuttle Program. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「East Texas Regional Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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