Corpus Christi International Airport is west of Corpus Christi, in

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, Texas. It opened in 1960, replacing Cliff Maus airport at , where the Lozano Golf Center is now located. The airport's six-gate Hayden Wilson Head Terminal, designed by

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, opened on November 3, 2002, with a theme of "When the Sun Meets the Sea." The Corpus Christi International Airport has tried to attract airline service from Mexico, the latest attempt being in 2005. It had reached an agreement with Mexican airline Aeromar which planned to fly

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s two or three times a week to

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and had received

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(USDOT) approval. However, in a later letter to USDOT, Aeromar stated it would not seek renewal of the permit. Aeromar serves

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, with nonstop flights to Mexico City. In 1974,

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was flying

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s between Corpus Christi and

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via McAllen, TX, and DC-9s twice a week to

Tampico Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fifth ...

and

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via McAllen in 1975. In 1967,

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s flew direct to Mexico City via Monterrey three days a week.http://www.timetableimages.com, October 31, 1967 Mexicana timetable With the arrival of the Chautauqua Airlines operating

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flights with

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regional jets via a

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agreement with

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(with Chautauqua operating a number of United Express flights into the airport at the time), the airline established a crew base with about 75 pilots and flight attendants in Corpus Christi. However, Chautauqua then closed this crew base in November 2008 with the airline ceasing to operate United Express flights from Corpus Christi. In May 2016, all United Express flights at Corpus Christi were being operated by

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with

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regional jets or by

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with

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regional jets. The

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-Corpus Christi nonstop route operated by

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began on August 10, 2019, with one daily round-trip flight between the cities each Saturday. Southwest last flew the route nonstop in 1986. Corpus Christi International Airport is included in the

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(FAA)

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for 2019–2023, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.

Facilities

The Corpus Christi International Airport covers at an elevation of . It has two asphalt runways: 13/31 is and 18/36 is . In 2017, the airport had 97,012 aircraft operations, an average of 266 per day: 66% military, 18%

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, 8%

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, and 8% commercial airline. In April 2020, there were 65 aircraft based at this airport: 28 single-engine, 24 multi-engine, 9 jets, 3 helicopters, and 1 glider.

Airlines and destinations

Corpus Christi International Airport has six gates, two of which (Gates 4 and 6) have direct access to the

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office. The airport has five jetways with the sixth gate using stairs to reach the aircraft parking ramp.

Passenger

Cargo

Top destinations

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August 2017 schedules listed all of its nonstop service to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) being operated by

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with Canadair CRJ-900s flown by

. Earlier in 2017, American was operating a daily

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flight which then discontinued; daily

mainline service operated by American then resumed in the summer of 2018. All

flights at Corpus Christi are flown with various

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models; Southwest is the only airline to serve Corpus Christi with year-round mainline jet service while

(AA) and

United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

(UA) operate seasonal mainline jet flights, AA to Dallas, and UA to Houston. The

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May 2, 2016 flight status listings show all

flights to Houston

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s or

s at the time. On June 7, 2018, United Airlines began flying daily

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mainline jet service to Houston (IAH); however, this service was later suspended and is now flown once again by United Express.

Past airline service

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(

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) and

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(predecessor of

) all served Corpus Christi's old and new airports over the years. In 1935,

Braniff Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased, was an airline in the United States that once flew air carrier operations from 1928 un ...

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s flew Brownsville - Corpus Christi - San Antonio - Austin - Waco - Fort Worth -

. In 1940, a Braniff

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flew Brownsville - Corpus Christi - San Antonio - Austin - Fort Worth - Dallas Love Field - Oklahoma City - Ponca City, OK - Wichita - Kansas City - Chicago. Eastern arrived at Corpus Christi in April 1939 with direct DC-3 flights from New York Newark Airport via a number of enroute stops with this service connecting to

's flight to

. In 1958, Eastern

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s flew Brownsville - Corpus Christi - Houston Hobby - Beaumont/Port Arthur - Lake Charles - Lafayette - Baton Rouge - New Orleans - Mobile - Pensacola - Montgomery - Birmingham - Atlanta.

(

) was flying

s between Houston and Mexico City via Corpus Christi in 1947 with a daily roundtrip routing of

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(HOU) - Corpus Christi - Brownsville -

with the airline having a name for this international service, being the "Sun Ray Clipper".https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/pa/pa47/pa47-04.jpg According to the November 1, 1947 Pan Am system timetable, the southbound "Sun Ray Clipper" flight overnighted in Mexico City and then operated continuing service the next day on a southbound routing of Mexico City -

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- San Jose, Costa Rica -

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with return northbound service from Balboa to Houston via Corpus Christi being operated on the same routing in reverse with an overnight stop being made in Mexico City as well. However, Pan Am was no longer serving Corpus Christi by 1950 although the airline would return to the airport with jet service by the mid 1980s. Trans-Texas Airways (TTa) arrived in 1950; in 1952, its

s flew a multi-stop routing of Brownsville - Harlingen - McAllen - Alice - Corpus Christi - Beeville - Victoria - Houston. By 1963, most TTa flights to the airport were operated with

Convair 240 The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner that Convair manufactured from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement for the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3. Featuring a more modern design with cabin pressurization, the 240 series made some inroa ...

s direct to Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, Harlingen, McAllen, and Victoria; TTa DC-3s also flew a routing of Corpus Christi - San Antonio - San Angelo - Midland/Odessa - Pecos - El Paso. By 1969, TTa had changed its name to

, which continued to serve Corpus Christi with

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jet service Scheduled jets arrived in the spring of 1965: Eastern

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s to Houston Hobby Airport and Braniff

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s to Houston Hobby Airport and San Antoniohttp://www.60sairlineantiques.net , June 1, 1965 Eastern timetablehttp://www.timetableimages.com, April 24, 1966 Braniff timetable (in 1965, the runway was still 5600 feet.) In 1966, Braniff was operating

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propjets on a routing of Corpus Christi - Houston Hobby Airport - Dallas Love Field - Oklahoma City - Wichita - Kansas City - Chicago O'Hare Airport. Also in 1966, Trans-Texas Airways introduced nonstop

jet service to Houston Hobby Airport in addition to

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turboprop flights nonstop to Houston, San Antonio, and Harlingen. In 1968, TTa was operating nonstop DC-9 jet service to both Harlingen and Houston Hobby Airport. In 1966-67

, a Mexican-based air carrier, was operating

propliners on nonstop international service to

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three days a week with this flight then continuing on to Mexico City. Following its name change from Trans-Texas Airways (TTa), in 1974

was operating daily DC-9 jet service between Corpus Christi and Mexico City via McAllen as well as direct DC-9 flights to Denver and Salt Lake City via Houston

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(IAH) or San Antonio. Also in 1974, three airlines were operating nonstop jet service to Houston (IAH): Braniff

s and

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s, Eastern

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s, and Texas International

shttp://www.departedflights.com, April 1, 1974 Official Airline Guide with Braniff 727s also flying nonstop to

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(DFW). The February 1, 1976

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(OAG) lists Eastern

s from Corpus Christi nonstop to New Orleans and also nonstop to Houston with both flights continuing on to Atlanta. Also in 1976, Braniff was operating three direct Boeing 727 flights a day to Chicago O'Hare, all via Dallas/Fort Worth. The same year, Texas International DC-9s flew direct to Los Angeles (

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) via stops in Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Midland/Odessa, Roswell, NM, and Albuquerque.

began serving Corpus Christi on March 1, 1977, as an

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and in 1979 was operating six

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s a day nonstop to Houston Hobby Airport (HOU); it also flew nonstop to Dallas Love Field on weekends.http://www.departedflights.com, November 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide In 1979, Braniff had ended nonstop service to Houston but was flying four nonstop 727s a day to Dallas/Fort Worth while Eastern 727s and Texas International DC-9s still flew nonstop to Houston Intercontinental (IAH). In 1981, Eastern

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s flew nonstop to Atlanta. In 1982, Braniff International went out of business while Texas International was merged into

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arrived in 1981; in 1983, American

s and

s flew nonstop to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) with a total of three flights a day with an American 727-200 also flying to DFW via a stop in Austin. Continental had four daily 727 and DC-9 nonstops to Houston Intercontinental (IAH) while

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operated by Emerald Air via a

agreement with Pan Am operated three

s a day to IAH. By 1984, Austin-based Emerald Air was operating as an independent carrier with up to ten DC-9 jet and

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turboprop departures a day nonstop to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Houston (IAH), and McAllen.

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arrived in 1984 but then pulled out in 1987; in 1985, United was operating two direct flights a day to Denver with both services making a stop in Austin with

s and

s being flown on the route. United would return to Corpus Christi following its merger with

returned to Corpus Christi in 1985 but then discontinued its flights in 1986; its Boeing 727-200s first operated Corpus Christi - Dallas/Fort Worth -

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(JFK) service with the airline subsequently operating Corpus Christi - Houston Intercontinental -

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(IAD) flights. Also in 1985, Eastern was operating a daily Boeing 727-200 service on a routing of Corpus Christi - San Antonio - Atlanta - New York LaGuardia Airport -

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; however, Eastern had pulled out of Corpus Christi by 1987. In 1989, American Airlines had five daily

nonstops to Dallas/Fort Worth while Continental and

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were operating a total of six nonstops a day to Houston Intercontinental (Continental with Boeing 727-100s, 727-200s and Douglas DC-9-10s, and Continental Express with

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s) while Southwest was flying eight nonstops a day to Houston Hobby with

s and

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s.http://www.departedflights.com, December 15, 1989 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Corpus Christi schedules

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arrived in 1990. In 1991, Delta had three

s a day nonstop to its Dallas/Fort Worth hub, while American, and

had a total of seven nonstops a day to DFW, American with MD-80s and American Eagle with

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s. In 1993, Delta turned its Corpus Christi-Dallas/Fort Worth service over to

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flown by

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) was a regional U.S. airline based in the A-Tech Center in College Park, Georgia, flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier on behalf of Delta Air Lines via a code sharing agreement and, as of ...

ATR 72 The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop, short-haul regional airliner developed and produced in France and Italy by aircraft manufacturer ATR (french: Avions de transport régional or it, Aerei da Trasporto Regionale), a joint venture formed b ...

s and

Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia The Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia is a twin-turboprop 30-passenger commuter airliner designed and manufactured by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. The EMB 120 began development during 1974. While initially conceived as a modular series of ...

turboprops operated via a

agreement with Delta while American was operating

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jets to DFW until 1995-96 when American Eagle ATR 72 turboprops took over. In 1999, Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines

Canadair CRJ-200 The Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 (previously Canadair CRJ100 and CRJ200) is a regional jet designed and manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace between 1991 and 2006, the first of the Bombardier CRJ family. The ''Canadair Regional Jet'' (CRJ) pro ...

regional jets were flying nonstop to Atlanta.http://www.departedflights.com, June 1, 1999 Official Airline Guide Also in 1999, Continental was operating one mainline jet flight a day to Houston Intercontinental (IAH) while Continental Express flying nine nonstops a day to Houston (IAH) with

regional jets and

turboprops. In 2010 Continental merged with

United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

and the Continental Express service from Corpus Christi then began to be operated as

. In 1970,

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, which was operating as an independent commuter air carrier at the time, was based in Corpus Christi where it operated a hub with nonstop service to the Texas cities of Austin, Brownsville, Houston, Laredo, McAllen and San Antonio flown with

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turboprops. Several other independent commuter airlines served Corpus Christi from the 1970s to the 1990s with small turboprop and prop aircraft, includinghttp://www.departedflights.com, Official Airline Guide editions: November 15, 1979; April 1, 1981; July 1, 1983; February 15, 1985; December 15, 1989; April 2, 1995; June 1, 1999 *

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operating

Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner The Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner (previously the Swearingen Metro and later Fairchild Aerospace Metro) is a 19-seat, pressurized, twin-turboprop airliner first produced by Swearingen Aircraft and later by Fairchild Aircraft at a plant in San ...

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Conquest Airlines Conquest Airlines was an American regional airline initially headquartered in Jefferson County, Texas, and later headquartered in Austin, Texas. Conquest operated primarily on routes within Texas from its hub in Austin (at the now closed Robert M ...

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Beechcraft 1900C The Beechcraft 1900 is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop regional airliner manufactured by Beechcraft. It is also used as a freight aircraft and corporate transport, and by several governmental and military organizations. With c ...

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Metro Airlines Metro Airlines, originally Houston Metro Airlines, was a commuter airline that was originally headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States,. Metro subsequently moved its headquarters to north Texas. The airline had an operational base located ...

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Short 330 The Short 330 (also SD3-30) is a small turboprop transport aircraft produced by Short Brothers. It seats up to 30 people and was relatively inexpensive and had low maintenance costs at the time of its introduction in 1976. The 330 was based on ...

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Piper Navajo The Piper PA-31 Navajo is a family of cabin-class, twin-engined aircraft designed and built by Piper Aircraft for the general aviation market, most using Lycoming engines. It was also license-built in a number of Latin American countries. Tar ...

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Incidents at Corpus Christi Airport

On April 2, 2012, United Airlines flight 4128 operated by

made an emergency landing at Corpus Christi International Airport after it suffered damage to its front landing gear and experienced a flat tire. The flight originated in

Harlingen, Texas Harlingen ( ) is a city in Cameron County in the central region of the Rio Grande Valley of the southern part of the U.S. state of Texas, about from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The city covers more than and is the second-largest city in ...

, and was en route to

in Houston with 37 passengers on board. No injuries were reported. The aircraft was an

Embraer ERJ 145 The Embraer ERJ family (for Embraer Regional Jet, model names EMB-135, EMB-140 and EMB-145) are regional jets designed and produced by the Brazilian aerospace company Embraer. The family includes the ERJ135 (37 passengers), ERJ140 (44 passenger ...

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References

External links

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Airport Technology Article on CCIA – New Terminal Construction
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Airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

Transportation in Nueces County, Texas Buildings and structures in Corpus Christi, Texas