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Tri-Cities Airport is a public airport 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Pasco, in Franklin County, Washington, USA. It is the fourth largest commercial airport in the state of Washington,〔List of airports in Washington (state)〕 and has three runways. ==History== The Tri-Cities Airport (then the Pasco Airport) was site of the first air mail contract flight between Elko, Nevada and Pasco, Washington made by Varney Airlines, (later United Airlines) in 1926. The airport was relocated to its present site and became known as the Franklin County Airport. The United States Navy built Naval Air Station Pasco during World War II. After the war, the Navy sold the field to the city of Pasco, but still retains training privileges. Several Navy aircraft, especially the P-3 Orion, use the field for landing and take-off training. The Port of Pasco then took ownership in 1963 and opened doors to a new Terminal Building in 1966. In 1955 the old administration building became the home of the newly established Columbia Basin College, which it remained until the current facility near Interstate 182 was built in 1966. The building later was leased to the Pasco School District #1, for use as Pasco Alternative High School (now New Horizons High School) until it was destroyed by fire in the mid-1980s. The new school is now sited near Columbia Basin College. Pasco has had jet flights on several airlines, including Air West and Hughes Airwest with Douglas DC-9s, Cascade Airways with BAC One-Elevens, Delta Airlines with Boeing 727-200s and 737-300s, Alaska Airlines with Boeing 727s,Horizon Air with Fokker F-28s and West Coast Airlines with DC-9s. Currently, scheduled passenger flights are mostly regional jet and turboprop although Allegiant Air and Delta (DL2556) operate MD80s and Airbus 320s respectively. An expansion and remodel project took place in 1986 that included access roads, parking lots, aircraft parking apron and more than doubling the size of the terminal. In 2003 the airport underwent another expansion and remodel that added an additional to the ticket lobby and boarding area. In 2014, the Port of Pasco approved a $42 million renovation and expansion, that will double the size of the current terminal. The construction began in August 2014 and is to be completed in January 2017.〔http://www.flytricities.com/terminal-expansion〕 The first phase of the expansion was completed on September 7, 2015, which included a new north concourse with gates 3, 4 and 5 as well as new car rental and baggage claim areas. The second phase started shortly thereafter and is scheduled to be completed in Summer 2016. This phase which will demolish the old boarding area and replacing it with a new south concourse that will house gates 1 and 2.〔http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article34388019.html〕 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「Tri-Cities Airport (Washington)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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