Louisville International Airport

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Louisville International Airport (Standiford Field)

IATA: SDF - ICAO: KSDF
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Louisville Regional Airport Authority (LRAA)
Serves		Louisville, Kentucky
Elevation AMSL		501 ft (152.7 m)
Coordinates		38°10′28″N, 85°44′10″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17R/35L	11,890	3,624	Concrete
17L/35R	8,579	2,615	Concrete
11/29	7,250	2,210	Concrete

Louisville International Airport (IATA: SDF, ICAO: KSDF) is a public airport centrally located in the city of Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA. The airport covers 1,200 acres and has three runways. Its IATA airport code SDF is based on the airport's former name, Standiford Field.

The Kentucky Air National Guard's 123d Airlift Wing is headquartered at the airport. They operate C-130 transport aircraft.

1 History
2 Airlines and destinations
3 Operations
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Standiford Field was built by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1941 on a parcel of land south of Louisville that was found not to have flooded during the Ohio River flood of 1937. It was named for Dr. Elisha David Standiford, a local businessman and politician, who was active in transportation issues and owned part of the land. The field remained under Army control until 1947, when it was turned over to the Louisville Air Board for commercial operations.

Before Standiford Field became the main conduit for passenger air traffic in Louisville, Bowman Field was Louisville's main airport. For many years passenger traffic went through the now relatively small brick Lee Terminal at Standiford Field. Major construction in the 1980s resulted in the newer, more modern and much larger facilities that are used today. Most of the Lee Terminal was subsequently torn down.

Parallel runways, enabling a much higher volume of air traffic and facilitating expanded United Parcel Service operations, were also part of an airport expansion plan begun in the 1980s.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Concourse A

Continental Airlines
- Continental Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Orlando)
- Delta Connection operated by Comair (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Delta Connection operated by Freedom Airlines (Orlando)
Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul)

[edit] Concourse B

American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth)
- American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-LaGuardia [begins September 5, 2007], Raleigh/Durham [begins May 1, 2007])
Frontier Airlines
- Frontier Airlines operated by Republic Airlines (Denver)
Midwest Airlines
- Midwest Connect operated by Skyway Airlines (Milwaukee)
Southwest Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham (AL), Chicago-Midway, Las Vegas, Orlando, Phoenix, St. Louis, Tampa)
United Airlines
- United Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare)
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Chicago-O'Hare)
- United Express operated by Shuttle America (Chicago-O'Hare)
US Airways
- US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh)
- US Airways Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan)
- US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte, Washington-Reagan)
- US Airways Express operated by Trans States Airlines (Pittsburgh)

[edit] New airlines and destinations

Concourse location to be determined:

ExpressJet Airlines (Kansas City, Raleigh/Durham) [begins May 7, 2007]

[edit] Other terminal operations

Fixed Base Operator
- Macquarie Infrastructure Company

[edit] Operations

Over 3.5 million passengers, making it the 74th busiest airport in North America, and nearly 8.3 billion pounds of cargo pass through Louisville International Airport each year[1][2]. The airport, currently in the midst of major terminal renovations, has three operational runways. The two parallel main runways run north/south and allow for simultaneous takeoffs and landings. The east/west runway is shorter and generally only used in adverse weather conditions.

Louisville International Airport is home to Worldport, the worldwide air hub for UPS.

In addition to commercial air traffic there is a significant amount of general aviation activity at Louisville International Airport, for business travel and other purposes.