James Herman Banning Ames Municipal Airport is southeast of
Ames
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, in
Story County, Iowa
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.
Originally consisting of two turf runways, the airport was created after a 1943 vote by the city of Ames. A new terminal and hangar were constructed in 2017, as part of a modernization effort.
Formerly named Ames Municipal Airport, and still commonly known as such, in 2023 the airport was officially renamed the James Herman Banning Ames Municipal Airport.
James Herman Banning was the first African American to obtain a pilots license and was an alumni of
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...
.
Facilities
The airport covers and has two runways: 1/19 is asphalt and 13/31 is concrete.
In the year ending September 12, 2022 the airport had 30,150 aircraft operations, average 83 per day: 93%
general aviation
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, 5%
air taxi
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In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) an ...
and 1% military. At that time, 63 aircraft were based at the airport: 47 single-engine, 6 multi-engine, 4 jet, 5 glider, and 1 helicopter.
NTSB
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records show no fatal accidents at Ames since 1962 (the earliest year which can be searched in their database).
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...
utilizes the airport for charter flights for many of its
athletic teams, although its
football team
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must use
Des Moines International Airport
Des Moines International Airport is a commercial service airport 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Des Moines, the capital of Iowa.
The airport's 2,600 acre campus includes two runways, 46 buildings, 7 parking facilities, and the terminal. Si ...
since Ames does not have runways long enough to accommodate the
Boeing 757
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The then-named 7N7, a twinjet successor for the 727 (a trijet), received its first orders in August 1978.
The prototype completed its mai ...
s and
Boeing 767
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The aircraft was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the prototype first flew on September 26, 1981, and it was certified on ...
s most frequently used by
college football
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Unlike most ...
programs for travel.
See also
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List of airports in Iowa
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References
External links
City of Ames, Iowa
Airports in Iowa
Transportation buildings and structures in Story County, Iowa
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