Ogden–Hinckley Airport is a public airport four miles southwest of

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, in Weber County,

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for 2019–2023 categorized it as a commercial service primary non-hub airport. Formerly Ogden Municipal Airport, it is billed as Utah's busiest municipal airport for private planes. The airport has an FAA

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with radar approach service by Salt Lake City

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History

During

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, the airfield was used by the

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. Commercial service began when

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arrived in 1944, operating a route between Los Angeles and Great Falls, Montana. Ogden was one of many stops on the route falling between Salt Lake City and Pocatello, Idaho.

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began serving Ogden in 1946 as one of many stops on a transcontinental route between San Francisco and New York. Both carriers pulled out in 1959.

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replaced them until it pulled out in 1961. In 1964, Thunderbird Airlines began air-taxi flights to Salt Lake City. The carrier changed names to

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in 1969 and again to Sun Valley Key in 1972. All service ended by 1976, and Ogden saw no other service for the next 36 years. Service at the airport resumed in 2012, with

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launching service to

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in September of that year. Nearly a decade later,

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announced it would begin service from Ogden to Los Angeles’

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on May 4, 2021. Both airlines ended their service at the airport in 2022. Allegiant Air citied a shortage of pilots, and Avelo noted a high fuel price. The two airlines departing allowed the city to accelerate the previously scheduled renovation work, including construction of a new control tower and expanding the airport by several thousand square feet. Service resumed again on February 21, 2024, with

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beginning service to Santa Ana's

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Facilities

Ogden-Hinckley Airport covers 721

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s (291 ha) at an

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of . It has two asphalt runways: 3/21 is ; 17/35 is . Note: Runway 7/25 was decommissioned by the FAA at the request of OGD in 2016. In 2022 the airport had 108,023 aircraft operations, average 296 per day: 96.1%

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, less than 1% military, and 3.6% airline / air taxi. 308 aircraft were then based at the airport: 80% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 3%

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, 7% jet.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

* On December 18, 1953, a

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intending to land at

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landed at Ogden Municipal Airport by mistake. One of the eight crew was killed when the aircraft crashed and caught fire. *On January 16, 2020, a twin-engine

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approaching the airport clipped a house and crashed, killing the pilot.

References

External links

*
Ogden-Hinckley Airport
at City of Ogden website
Aerial image as of October 1997
from

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