Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field is a county-owned public-use

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, located in

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. It is located northwest of the

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of Coeur d'Alene and is surrounded by the city of Hayden on three sides. The airport was known as Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal until September 2007, when it was renamed Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field to honor

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multiple ace Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (1912–1988), a

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recipient born in Coeur d'Alene.

History

Built as Coeur d'Alene Municipal Airport in 1942 by the Corps of Engineers, it was equipped with two 5,400 ft x 500 ft. runways, the asphalt paving of which began in July 1942. A taxiway was also constructed, 5,400 ft. x 150 ft., but only paved to a width of 50 ft. The $357,729 paving contract was let to Roy S. Bair, of

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, Washington. A contract for electrical lighting for the field went to H. C. Moss, of Wenatchee, Washington, in the amount of $15,198.

Facilities and aircraft

Coeur d'Alene Airport covers an area of which contains two

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paved

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s: 6/24 measuring and 2/20 measuring AIRNAV For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 123,052 aircraft operations, an average of 337 per day: 77%

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, 22%

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, 1% military, and <1% airline. There were 294 aircraft based at this airport: 253 single-engine, 18 multi-engine, 12 jet, 5

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, 4

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and 2 glider. Pappy Boyington Field Sign

References

External links

Official site

Coeur d'Alene Airport Association

Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal
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Facilities and aircraft

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