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Lewistown Municipal Airport is two miles southwest of Lewistown, in Fergus County, Montana. It is owned by the city and county.〔 Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 596 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 1,049 in 2009 and 704 in 2010.〔 〕 The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it as a ''general aviation'' airport (the ''commercial service'' category requires 2,500 enplanements per year).〔 〕 Scheduled air service temporarily ceased on March 8, 2008, when Big Sky Airlines ended operations in bankruptcy. Great Lakes Airlines was given USDOT approval to take over Essential Air Service (EAS) and flights began in 2009. Service was provided under EAS contract by Silver Airways (formerly Gulfstream International Airlines) until July 2013. EAS subsidies was terminated on July 15, 2013 due to subsidy per passenger exceeding $1000, leaving Lewistown without scheduled air service.〔 Falstad, Jan. (Lewistown, Miles City losing airline subsidies ), ''Billings Gazette'', June 13, 2013, Retrieved 2013-06-13〕 == History == Lewiston Army Airfield was built in 1942 as one of four training facilities for B-17 Flying Fortress crews and had a storage site for the top secret Norden Bombsight. Lewistown was a satellite field for Great Falls Army Air Base. Squadrons were trained in navigation in addition to receiving gunnery and bombing practice. After training, the men were sent to the European front. The airfield was in operation during a 12-month period between 1942 and 1943 and thereafter deactivated. The field was declared surplus in 1948 and has been a municipal airport ever since. 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「Lewistown Municipal Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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