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St. George Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located five nautical miles (5.8 miles; 9.3 km) southeast of the central business district of St. George, a city in Washington County, Utah, United States.〔 The current airport opened on January 13, 2011, and is a replacement for prior, smaller land-locked St. George Municipal Airport, located atop a mesa in the city, which was declared unsuitable for expansion the city needed for population growth. It is served by SkyWest Airlines on behalf of Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. SkyWest, which is one of the largest regional airlines in the world, is also based in St. George. The former airport used SGU as the location identifier for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and International Air Transport Association (IATA). The new airport was assigned a transitional identifier DXZ by the FAA, but retained the IATA designation SGU.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 St. George Municipal Airport (IATA: SGU, ICAO: KDXZ, FAA: DXZ) )〕 On December 15, 2011, the FAA returned SGU to use at the new airport . == History == The prospect of a new airport for the region has been around for many years. The old airport, on top of a mesa, is land-locked and has no room for expansion. The runway and terminal were too small for larger aircraft. With the rapid growth of the area and tourism increasing, the need for a new airport became vital. It was built about 6 miles southeast of downtown at the site of an abandoned airfield which had not seen air traffic since 1961 and most recently has been used for vehicle drag racing and radio controlled aircraft. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the present airport was completed in August 2006. The study concluded the impact on the environment and noise pollution would be minimal. Plans for the airport included a single runway suitable for regional jets and larger mainline aircraft. SkyWest Airlines operating as the Delta Connection announced that on January 13, 2011 the airline would begin nonstop Canadair CRJ regional jet service to Salt Lake City from the airport. SkyWest subsequently initiated nonstop Canadair CRJ regional jet service to Denver operating as United Express.〔http://www.united.com, Timetable〕 The runway was initially planned to be oriented at about 010/190 degrees. It was also initially planned to be with subsequent plans for the runway to be extended to feet. The airport has one precision approach. Pilots use Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center for approach services and use a common traffic advisory service frequency because of the lack of an operating control tower. The new St. George Airport was partially funded by grants from the FAA totaling $123 million. The entire project was expected to cost about 159 million dollars.〔 The city broke ground on the new site in October 2008 and the airfield opened on January 13, 2011. On July 13th, 2015, the airport changed its name from St. George Municipal Airport to St. George Regional Airport to attract more airline services to the airport. 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「St. George Regional Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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