Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport is a small military/commercial joint-use airport that operates alongside

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. The airport is based inside the south end of the Fort Hood Military Reservation (known as West Fort Hood), six

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s (7 mi, 11 km) southwest of the

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, in unincorporated Bell County. The commercial side replaced the old Killeen Municipal Airport (now

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) in August, 2004 as that airport was unable to expand. As per

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records, the airport had 232,299 passenger boardings (enplanements) in

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2008, 231,500 enplanements in 2009, and 243,861 in 2010. It is included in the

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for 2011–2015, which

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it as a ''primary commercial service'' airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).

Facilities and aircraft

The airport has one

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designated 15/33 with a PEM (

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) surface measuring 10,000 by 200 feet (3,048 x 61 m). For the 12-month period ending April 10, 2010, the airport had 12,208 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 98.5% scheduled commercial and 1.5%

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(military aircraft operations were not included). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2015, the airport had 16,318 aircraft operations consisting of 55.9% scheduled commercial, 43.7%

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, and 0.37%

. The civilian terminal has six gates, car rental facilities, and retail shops. Gates 1-3 and 4-6 are separated by different TSA checkpoints.

2018 Master Plan and Improvements

In 2018, the facility continued completion of the master plan, bid and awarded a $4.9 million passenger boarding bridge replacement project, design and bid a $4.7 million security surveillance project, completed design of a $750,000 quick-turn. facility and more. The airport also saw

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take lease of one of the retail spots located on the second floor of the terminal in 2019.

Airlines and destinations

Killeen Regional Airport currently offers a single non-stop destination. In 2005, Allegiant Air offered twice weekly service to

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. After nine months of service, Allegient Air stopped all flights to and from Killeen in February 2006. Occasionally NCAA football teams have their charter airplanes are parked at gates 1 and 6 for away football teams playing the

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, or for the university's own football team. The usual airlines for these charters include

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, and

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. On November 27, 2017,

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announced that service would no longer continue to Killeen, and the route ended on January 15, 2018. American Airlines later added two daily flights because it no longer had competition with Delta, and it also added the

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, the largest aircraft for regular scheduled passenger flights currently, and the largest the airport has seen since Allegiant left. United Airlines also added a third daily flight in response to Delta leaving. United has since also left Killeen.

Passenger

Top destinations

References

External links

Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport
official site * at Texas DOT Airport Directory
Aerial image as of February 1995
from

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