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Vernal Regional Airport is a mile southeast of Vernal, in Uintah County, Utah. It is owned by the city and county〔 and sees one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 5,474 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 3,805 in 2009 and 4,461 in 2010.〔 〕 The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''non-primary commercial service'' airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).〔 〕 == History: airline service == The original Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) served Vernal for over 30 years. In 1950, Frontier was operating Douglas DC-3 flights from the airport with nonstop service to Salt Lake City and Rock Springs as well as direct, no change of plane service to Denver, Billings, Casper, Laramie and Cheyenne.〔http://www.timetableimages.com, Nov. 1, 1950 Frontier Airlines system timetable〕 By 1967, Frontier was serving Vernal with Convair 580 turboprops with nonstop flights to Salt Lake City and direct flights to Denver.〔http://www.timetableimages.com, Oct. 29, 1967 Frontier Airlines system timetable〕 At this same time, Frontier was operating a Convair 580 "milk run" flight with a routing of Salt Lake City-Vernal-Moab-Grand Junction-Farmington-Gallup-Albuquerque-Silver City-Tucson-Phoenix.〔 Frontier was still serving Vernal during the late 1970s and early 1980s with Convair 580 flights nonstop to Salt Lake City and direct to Denver;〔http://www.departedflights.com, March 2, 1977 Frontier Airlines system timetable〕〔http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 1, 1981 Frontier Airlines route map〕 however, as Frontier then began to transition to an all-jet fleet, service to Vernal had been discontinued by 1982.〔http://www.departedflights.com, May 1, 1982 Frontier Airlines route map〕 Prior to Frontier's service, a Challenger Airlines 1948 route map depicted Vernal as a proposed destination with service to Salt Lake City. In 1950, Challenger merged with Arizona Airways and Monarch Airlines to form Frontier Airlines which then in turn began service that year to Vernal. A number of commuter airlines also served Vernal over the years. In 1979, Transwestern Airlines was competing with Frontier on the Salt Lake City route with Piper Aircraft twin prop airplanes.〔http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Vernal to Salt Lake City flight schedules〕 Salmon Air operated nonstop service as well to Salt Lake City at one point.〔http://www.go-utah/salmon-air/〕 In 1985, SkyWest Airlines was operating Swearingen Metroliner turboprops nonstop to Salt Lake City (SLC) as an independent air carrier.〔http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Vernal to Salt Lake City flight schedules〕 In 1987, SkyWest was flying Metroliner propjet service nonstop to SLC as Western Express via a code share feeder agreement with Western Airlines.〔http://www.departedflights.com, March 1, 1987 Western Airlines system timetable & route map〕 By 1989, SkyWest had become a Delta Connection air carrier operating code share feeder service for Delta Air Lines and was continuing to operate nonstop Metroliner service to Salt Lake City.〔http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 15, 1989 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Vernal to Salt Lake City flight schedules〕 Air Midwest, a subsidiary of Mesa Airlines which operated service to Vernal as America West Express, commenced nonstop flights to Salt Lake City International Airport on July 2, 2006.〔(Mesa Air Group Announces Schedule and Fares for Vernal, Utah (May 22, 2006) )〕 In January 2008, Great Lakes Aviation replaced Air Midwest and began operating Beechcraft 1900D turboprop flights to Denver and on December 5, 2011, Great Lakes began service to Canyonlands Field in Moab, Utah as an extension of its Denver service.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Great Lakes Aviation lands Vernal airport contract ) 〕 However, Great Lakes Airlines subsequently ended its flights to Denver and ceased all service to Vernal. 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「Vernal Regional Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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