South Bend Regional Airport

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South Bend Regional Airport

IATA: SBN - ICAO: KSBN
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		St. Joseph County Airport Authority
Serves		South Bend, Indiana
Elevation AMSL		799 ft (243.5 m)
Coordinates		41°42′31″N, 86°19′02″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9R/27L	8,412	2,564	Paved
18/36	6,001	1,829	Paved
9L/27R	4,300	1,311	Paved

Runway layout at SBN

South Bend Regional Airport (IATA: SBN, ICAO: KSBN) is located in northwest South Bend, Indiana.

1 Administration
2 Facilities
3 Airport operations
- 3.1 Average daily passenger lift
4 Airlines and destinations
- 4.1 Concourse A
- 4.2 Concourse C
5 Viewing area
6 South Shore Train Line
7 Aircraft commonly seen at SBN
8 External links
9 References

[edit] Administration

The state's second largest and busiest airport; the airport has been known in the past as Bendix Field, St. Joseph County Airport and Michiana Regional Transportation Center. The airport was renamed South Bend Regional Airport to help identify the airport's location since many travelers were unaware of the meaning or location of Michiana (taken from MICHigan and IndIANA).

Known by the FAA as a small-hub airport (Bureau of Transportation Statistics), South Bend Regional Airport is one of only a few multi-modal transportation facilities in America that provides air, interstate bus and interstate rail service from one multi-modal terminal facility. The St. Joseph County Airport Authority claims the airport was the first truly multi-modal airport in the country.

The St. Joseph County Airport Authority is the administrative body over the airport and also provides police, fire and medical protection to the airport and its occupants. The members of the airport safety department are cross-trained as State-certified law enforcement officers, State-certified paramedics/EMTs and State-certified firefighters.

[edit] Facilities

According to the airport authority, Runway 18/36 is currently under construction. An extension of about 1,100 feet is being applied to the South-end of the runway which will make its new length, upon completion in first quarter 2007, 7,100 feet. Taxiway November will also be made full length, and the runway connector N3 will be re-opened after over a decade of being closed.

The terminal has two concourses, A and C. Concourse A has 6 gates, 3 of which have ground-level boarding bridges. Concourse C has 5 gates, one of which as a ground-level boarding bridge (currently being used by Delta Connection and Allegiant Air). All boarding bridges are full-size and capable of accommodating most commercial aircraft today. Gate A-6 had a ground-level boarding bridge in the 1990s, but it has since been removed.

The airport's concourses have what are known as hold rooms. These vary slightly from some airports that have seating areas specific to a gate. Hold Room A serves all gate areas in Concourse A, and Hold Room C serves all gate areas in Concourse C.

[edit] Airport operations

The airport is second only to Indianapolis by means of passenger movements and air carrier service (Bureau of Transportation Statistics). In fact, according to the airport authority, South Bend is ranked in the top 20 percent of small-to-medium sized airports in terms of air service (www.sbnair.com). The airport falls to third place behind Indianapolis and Fort Wayne in cargo operations, and fifth in the state for overall take-offs and landings (www.gcr1.com). Due to South Bend's proximity to Chicago, South Bend air traffic controllers work closely with Chicago Center and Chicago Approach Control to sequence aircraft into and out of Chicago's terminal airspace. These efforts make South Bend's Tower/TRACON the second busiest terminal air traffic facility in the state (www.FAA.gov). This type of coordination is called Terminal En route Control.

[edit] Average daily passenger lift

Allegiant Air: 172
- Orlando: 43
- Las Vegas: 86
- Tampa/St. Petersburg: 43
Continental Connection: 71
Delta Connection: 393
- Chautauqua (Atlanta): 143
- Chautauqua (Cincinnati): 100
- Comair (Cincinnati): 150
Northwest Airlink: 334
- Pinnacle (Detroit): 250
- Pinnacle (Minneapolis): 50
- Mesaba (Detroit): 34
United Express: 350
- Chautauqua (Chicago-O'Hare): 143
- Mesa (Chicago-O'Hare): 50
- TransStates (Chicago-O'Hare): 157

Total average daily lift: 1320 (Average Daily Lift pertains to enplaned passengers only. To calculate arriving and departing passenger counts, multiply figures by 2). Average daily lift is computed by taking the number of available weekly seats divided by 7.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Concourse A

Airlines & Destinations served from South Bend Regional Airport (As of 2007)

Northwest Airlines
- Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
United Airlines
- United Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare)
- United Express operated by Trans States Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare)

[edit] Concourse C

Allegiant Air (Las Vegas, Orlando-Sanford, St. Petersburg/Clearwater)
Continental Airlines
- Continental Connection operated by CommutAir (Cleveland)
Delta Air Lines
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Delta Connection operated by Comair (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)

[edit] Viewing area

South Bend Regional Airport has an in-terminal viewing area with live air traffic control transmissions from South Bend Air Traffic Control Tower/TRACON. The viewing area is located on the second level of the terminal's atrium.

Also located on the second level of the atrium is the airport's collection of aviation collectibles and memorabilia. This is a great place to sit and relax while waiting for a flight to arrive or depart!