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Scholes International Airport at Galveston is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Galveston, a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States.〔 The airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''reliever airport''. The airport currently provides charter service and does not provide any commercial service. However, the airport's runways can accommodate airplanes as large as the Boeing 767-200, 737-600, 737-700, and Airbus A318-100. With the proposed extension of the primary runway, the airport could also accommodate the Boeing 737-700ER, 757-200, Airbus A319-100/A319LR/A319CJ, and A320-200 size planes. == Overview == Operated and maintained by the City of Galveston, GLS is a general aviation airport serving diverse aviation segments. It has enjoyed passenger service provided by several airlines in its history, including Trans-Texas Airways "TTA", the forerunner to Texas International Airlines, which itself, purchased National Airlines and later merged with (then) Denver based Continental Airlines... and ultimately merged with United Airlines. During the 1950s, Braniff Airways (later Braniff International) and Houston Metro Airlines, which operated a fleet of de Havilland Canada DHC6 "Twin Otters". At one point in the late 1960s, TTA operated Convair 600 twin turboprop service nonstop to both Houston and Beaumont/Port Arthur with continuing one stop, direct flights to Dallas and Austin. In the early 1950s, Braniff International provided Douglas DC-3 service to Houston International (later named William P. Hobby Airport), that directly connected to their Douglas DC-6 flights featuring "Million-aire" service from Houston to Dallas, Kansas City and Chicago. In later years, scheduled passenger air service from Galveston was operated by Houston Metro Airlines with De Havilland of Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters (twin turboprop aircraft) to Houston Intercontinental Airport (KIAH) with some of these flights making an intermediate stop in Clear Lake City (CLC airport), located near the NASA Johnson Space Center. A small commuter air carrier, Texas Airlines, also served the airport during the mid-1980s with flights to Houston Intercontinental Airport that were operated with Piper Aircraft Navajo aircraft. 〔departedflights, Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Houston Intercontinental flight schedules〕 The airport's Master Plan considers the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity. In preparation for increased corporate activity, the ultimate plan considers the extension of the primary runway (17/35) from 6000 X . to . Currently, it can accommodate aircraft as large as a Boeing 767. GLS is an airport with air traffic control 12 hours a day (0600-1800), with direct clearance delivery service to Houston TRACON after the tower is closed. The Class D surface area changes to Class E and airport is uncontrolled. Airport lighting includes HIRL, MIRL, MALSR, REIL’s and PAPI’s as well as lighted taxiway and runway signage. It has an "A" ARFF Index. The airport offers a terminal, a 24-hour fixed base operator, 24-hour weather services, a U.S. Customs agent on call, and state-of-the-art navigational aids with precision approaches providing all-weather capabilities. It is a fairly popular fueling stop for transient military aircraft due to a Military Operations Area in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the destination airport for air ambulances transferring patients to the Shriner's Burn Hospital for Children. Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Bristow, Era, PHI and other oil industry vendors. The Lone Star Flight Museum is located at the airport and boasts a large collection of flying antique military aircraft as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. GLS ATIS Freq: 119.275, Phone Number: (409) 740-9248 ASOS 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「Scholes International Airport at Galveston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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