Huntsville International Airport
Huntsville International Airport Carl T. Jones Field | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Huntsville / Madison County Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Huntsville, Alabama | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 629 ft / 192 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°38′14″N 086°46′30″W / 34.63722°N 86.77500°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.hsvairport.org/hia/ | ||||||||||||||
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Huntsville International Airport (IATA: HSV, ICAO: KHSV, FAA LID: HSV), also known as Carl T. Jones Field, is an airport located 9 miles (14 km) southwest of the central business district of Huntsville, a city in Madison County, Alabama, United States.[1] The airport is a part of the Port of Huntsville (along with the International Intermodal Center and Jetplex Industrial Park), and serves the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. It is located at 1000 Glenn Hearn Boulevard in Huntsville, Alabama. It has a single straight-forward layout with 12 gates and features restrooms, shops, restaurants, phones and large murals depicting various aviation and space exploration scenes. There is a Four Points by Sheraton above the ticketing area/lobby, and adjacent to the terminal is a parking garage and to opposite sides are the control tower and a golf course. The airport's west runway, at 12,600 ft (3,800 m), is the second longest in the Southeastern United States, being just 400 ft shorter than the international runway at Miami International Airport.
The airport's "Fly Huntsville" custom jingle encourages passengers to depart directly from Huntsville instead of driving to Birmingham or Nashville. [2]However, a hesitancy by locals to fly from HSV may be understandable, as an August 2009 report by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics covering the first quarter of 2009 revealed that Huntsville passengers paid, on average, the highest airfares in the United States.[3] The airport reported that commercial airline passenger traffic at Huntsville International increased 2.3 percent in January 2010 over the same period one year ago.[4]
Airlines and destinations
Huntsville International Airport is served by seven airlines representing all three international airline alliances.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AirTran Airways | Baltimore, Orlando |
| American Airlines | Dallas/Fort Worth |
| American Eagle | Chicago-O'Hare |
| Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines | Houston-Intercontinental |
| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta |
| Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines | Atlanta, Detroit, Memphis |
| Delta Connection operated by Comair | Detroit |
| Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines | Atlanta, Detroit, Memphis |
| United Express operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles |
| United Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles |
| United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines | Denver |
| US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin | Washington-National |
| US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines | Charlotte |
| US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines | Charlotte, Washington-National |
| US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines | Washington-National |
Cargo
Huntsville International is the largest airport in Alabama in terms of cargo transport. Huntsville features daily cargo service to Europe, and frequent service to Mexico and Hong Kong. These airlines have Huntsville operations:
Expansion
In 1989, Huntsville International became the first airport in the United States to install an ASR-9 dual-channel airport surveillance radar system.[5]
Currently, Huntsville International is undergoing major renovations of the concourse facilities, which will add:[6]
- A $60 million terminal expansion (under construction)
- A new 219 ft (67 m) tall control tower (completed in 2007, opened May 4, 2008)
- An expanded 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) concession area on concourse (opened April 12, 2008)
- Upgraded flight information display systems at gates & parking areas (completed in 2007)
- A parking deck expansion with 1,330 additional parking spaces (completed in December 2008)
- An enlarged 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2) public waiting and security screening area (completed in June 2009)
- An expansion on the west runway, making it the second longest in the southeast (completed in 2006)
- A new taxiway between both runways with a 269 ft (82 m) tunnel running underneath (under construction)
- A new air cargo building at the International Intermodal Center, which will include about 92,000 square feet (8,500 m2) (completed in February 2009)
- Security system improvement (completed in October 2008)
- Taxiway "L" between the airport's east and west runways (completed in October 2008)
- Dirt work on a new Jetplex Industrial Park north access road linking the airport's entrance to Wall Triana Highway (completed in July 2008)
- AirTran started servicing HSV with direct flights to Orlando in May, 2010, and to Baltimore in June, 2010.
Also, plans are underway for another terminal area, added runways, and the lengthening of the two current runways.
References
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for HSV PDF, retrieved 02/13/2010
- ^ Baskas, Harriet (March 12, 2008). "Better branding through music: Original airport theme songs". USA Today.
- ^ Associated Press (August 4, 2009). "Flights from Huntsville ranked most expensive". WAAY-TV.
- ^ Clines, Keith (February 10, 2010). "Passenger traffic at airport starts to climb". The Huntsville Times.
- ^ "Huntsville airport gets new radar system". The Tuscaloosa News. May 12, 1989. p. 7.
- ^ AL.com
External links
- Huntsville International Airport (official web site)
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KHSV
- ASN accident history for HSV
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KHSV
- FAA current HSV delay information