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Lewiston–Nez Perce County Airport is a public use airport in the northwest United States, located in Lewiston, Idaho. Owned by the city and Nez Perce County,〔 it is situated in an elevated area, two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''primary commercial service'' airport.〔 〕 As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 64,379 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 62,210 enplanements in 2009, and 61,737 in 2010.〔 〕 == History == First dedicated in 1928, the airport became as a Chamber of Commerce project in 1931, and the original runway was paved in 1942. Jet service arrived in October 1969 after the completion of the runway 8/26. Lewiston was served by West Coast Airlines operating Fairchild F-27 turboprops during the 1960s. West Coast merged with Bonanza Air Lines and Pacific Air Lines to form Air West in 1968 with the San Francisco-based (SFO) airline then being renamed Hughes Airwest in 1970. Early jet service was flown by Hughes Airwest with Douglas DC-9-10 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jetliners as well as by Cascade Airways operating British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven twin jets, supplemented with turboprop aircraft of different types being flown by both airlines into the airport. Hughes Airwest was merged into Republic Airlines of Minneapolis in October 1980, which cut back flights in Idaho and elsewhere in the western U.S. Republic's final flight to Lewiston was in September 1982, and the airline ended its southern Idaho and eastern Washington service shortly after in April 1983. Cascade, based in Spokane, ceased operations in 1986. The short-lived Gem State Airlines of Coeur d'Alene served Lewiston for 11 months, until November 1979. Mountain West Airlines of Boise served Lewiston for less than three months before folding in early March 1981. Big Sky Airlines of Billings briefly served Lewiston in 1979. All three commuter air carriers operated turboprop aircraft into the airport. The municipal golf course adjacent to the west, Bryden Canyon, was designed and built in the early 1970s, and opened in March 1975. 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「Lewiston–Nez Perce County Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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