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Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport , previously known as Brazoria County Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport located four miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Angleton and north of Lake Jackson, both cities in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.〔 Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Brazoria County Airport is assigned LBX by the FAA and LJN by the IATA (which assigned LBX to Lubang Airport in the Philippines).〔(Great Circle Mapper: KLBX - Angleton/Lake Jackson, Texas (Brazoria County Airport) )〕〔(Great Circle Mapper: LBX / RPLU - Lubang, Philippines )〕 On March 24, 2010, the Brazoria County Commissioners' Court voted to change the name of the airport to Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport, effective October 1, 2010.〔Lowman, John. "(County OKs name change for airport )." ''The Brazosport Facts''. Thursday March 25, 2010. Retrieved on March 11, 2011.〕 == Facilities and aircraft == Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport covers an area of which contains one concrete paved runway (17/35) measuring 7,000 x 100 ft (2,134 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 60,000 aircraft operations, an average of 164 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 1% military. There are 92 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 7% jet and 9% helicopter. The airport's runway was closed in December 2009 for a major reconstruction project, in which the runway's former asphalt surface was replaced with concrete. During the runway closure, aircraft temporarily used the airport's main taxiway for takeoffs and landings. Larger aircraft, such as the Aerodynamics (ADI) Dynajet Airbus ACJ (A319) operated as a shuttle service for Dow Chemical, were diverted to William P. Hobby Airport in Houston during the runway closure.〔http://flightaware.com/live/flight/DNJ170/history/20100107/2342Z/KHOU/KMBS〕 The runway reconstruction project was completed in July 2010, and the airport became fully operational once again. Bristow U.S. LLC, which is one of the largest Part 135 commercial helicopter operators in the world, currently operates a base at the airport serving the offshore oil and gas industry in the nearby Gulf of Mexico. Turbine powered helicopter types operated by Bristow from LBX include the Bell 206L-4 "Long Ranger IV", Bell 407, Eurocopter EC 135 and Sikorsky S-76C+. Bristow U.S. is part of the Bristow Group.〔http://www.bristowgroup.com〕 The airport's on-site restaurant, the Windsock Restaurant, closed in February 2011.〔Tompkins, John. "(County airport's Windsock Restaurant closes its doors )." ''The Facts''. Wednesday February 23, 2011. Retrieved on March 11, 2011.〕 Following renovations, the building was reopened as the Crosswind Cafe in December 2011.〔Daughtry, Shannon. "(New eatery set to open at airport )." ''The Facts''. Sunday, December 4, 2011. Retrieved on November 13, 2012.〕 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「Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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