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76-487: Columbus Airport ( IATA : CSG , ICAO : KCSG , FAA LID : CSG ) (formerly named Columbus Metropolitan Airport and originally named Muscogee County Airport ) is four miles northeast of Columbus , in Muscogee County, Georgia , United States. The airport covers 680 acres (275 ha) and has two intersecting runways. Serving Georgia's second largest city , it is Georgia's fourth busiest airport . FAA records say

152-514: A control tower. The airport has a public safety department that is responsible for fire and law enforcement services on and around the airport. The fire station is situated next to the terminal building at the east end of the commercial ramp. Columbus Airport is served by Airport Thruway, an arterial road that links it directly to nearby Interstate 185 and Veterans Parkway ( US 27 / SR 1 ). The airport's parking lots are located at ground level and can hold 1,214 vehicles in lots designated for

228-533: A day, all continuing to LaGuardia Airport . Following the merger of Muscogee County and the city of Columbus, the airport was renamed to Columbus Metropolitan Airport. The older Columbus Municipal Airport closed in 1969 during the consolidation process of the city and county. Southern's New York/Washington service would grow to five services a day by June 1970. Eastern and Southern discontinued services to Columbus in 1979. Columbus Metropolitan Airport would begin to see an increase in regional airline services following

304-438: A full parallel taxiway with medium-intensity taxiway lighting. Runway 6 has a medium-intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicators and Runway 24 has runway end identifier lights. The secondary runway, Runway 13/31 has medium-intensity runway lighting, a full parallel taxiway also with medium-intensity lighting, and runway end identifier lights. Runway 30 is equipped with visual approach slope indicator. Runway 6

380-567: A new airport is built, replacing the old one, leaving the city's new "major" airport (or the only remaining airport) code to no longer correspond with the city's name. The original airport in Nashville, Tennessee, was built in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration and called Berry Field with the designation, BNA. A new facility known as Nashville International Airport was built in 1987 but still uses BNA. This

456-766: A passenger terminal and maintenance hangar in Clear Lake City, Texas , near the Johnson Space Center . The Clear Lake City STOLport was specifically designed for Twin Otter operations. According to the February 1976 edition of the Official Airline Guide , Houston Metro operated 22 round-trip flights every weekday at this time between Clear Lake City (CLC) and Houston Intercontinental Airport, now George Bush Intercontinental Airport , in

532-733: A route from New York to Houston in a Ryan Brougham . Following approval by the Civil Aeronautics Board in April 1947, Delta Air Lines initiated services using the Douglas DC-3 to the airport on July 1, 1947, as a stop along a route from Atlanta to Fort Worth . Southern began scheduled services to Atlanta and Jacksonville on June 25, 1949, also using the DC-3. In 1968 Southern was allowed to start nonstop DC-9s from Muscogee County Airport to Dulles International Airport , three

608-482: A scheduled passenger airline shuttle operation. Houston Metro had agreements in place for connecting passenger feed services with Continental Airlines and Eastern Air Lines at Houston Intercontinental, with this major airport having a dedicated STOL landing area at the time specifically for Twin Otter flight operations. The Clear Lake City STOLport is no longer in existence. The Walt Disney World resort in Florida

684-670: A successful commuter airliner , typically seating 18–20 passengers, as well as a cargo and medical evacuation aircraft. In addition, the Twin Otter has been popular with commercial skydiving operations, and is used by the United States Army Parachute Team and the 98th Flying Training Squadron of the United States Air Force . Development of the aircraft began in 1964, with the first flight on 20 May 1965. A twin-engine replacement for

760-755: A total of 270 Twin Otters were in airline service, and 14 on order: 111 in North/South America, 117 in the Asia Pacific and Middle East (14 orders), 26 in Europe and 13 in Africa. In 2020, there were a total of 315 Twin Otters worldwide with 220 in service, 95 in storage and 8 on order. By region there were 22 in Africa, 142 in Asia Pacific (8 orders), 37 in Europe, 4 in the Middle East and 110 in

836-495: A total of 584 Twin Otter aircraft (all variants) remained in service worldwide. Major operators at the time included: Libyan Arab Airlines , Maldivian Air Taxi , Trans Maldivian Airways , Kenn Borek Air , and Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines . Some 115 airlines operated smaller numbers of the aircraft including Yeti Airlines in Nepal, Malaysia Airlines (which used the Twin Otter exclusively for passenger and freight transportation to

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912-509: Is GSN and its IATA code is SPN, and some coincide with IATA codes of non-U.S. airports. Canada's unusual codes—which bear little to no similarity with any conventional abbreviation to the city's name—such as YUL in Montréal , and YYZ in Toronto , originated from the two-letter codes used to identify weather reporting stations in the 1930s. The letters preceding the two-letter code follow

988-655: Is a Canadian STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada in the mid-1960s and still in production today. Built by De Havilland Canada from 1965 to 1988, Viking Air purchased the type certificate and restarted production in 2008, before re-adopting the DHC name in 2022. In 2023 DHC restarted production of the 300 series, in addition to the Series 400 produced by Viking. The aircraft's fixed tricycle undercarriage , STOL capabilities, twin turboprop engines and high rate of climb have made it

1064-617: Is available. However, many railway administrations have their own list of codes for their stations, such as the list of Amtrak station codes . Airport codes arose out of the convenience that the practice brought pilots for location identification in the 1930s. Initially, pilots in the United States used the two-letter code from the National Weather Service (NWS) for identifying cities. This system became unmanageable for cities and towns without an NWS identifier, and

1140-523: Is different from the name in English, yet the airport code represents only the English name. Examples include: Due to scarcity of codes, some airports are given codes with letters not found in their names: The use of 'X' as a filler letter is a practice to create three-letter identifiers when more straightforward options were unavailable: Some airports in the United States retained their NWS ( National Weather Service ) codes and simply appended an X at

1216-489: Is equipped with ILS , NDB , or RNAV approach systems and Runway 24 has VOR/DME or RNAV systems. The airside portion of Columbus Airport's terminal contains three secured gates, two of which are equipped with jet bridges . The landside portion of the airport has amenities, airline and car rental check-in counters, a baggage claim conveyor, and an aircraft viewing area. The airport has a rotating beacon, illuminated wind cone, automated surface observing system (ASOS) , and

1292-671: Is governed by IATA Resolution 763, and it is administered by the IATA's headquarters in Montreal , Canada. The codes are published semi-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. IATA provides codes for airport handling entities, and for certain railway stations. Alphabetical lists of airports sorted by IATA code are available. A list of railway station codes , shared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak , SNCF , and Deutsche Bahn ,

1368-513: Is in conjunction to rules aimed to avoid confusion that seem to apply in the United States, which state that "the first and second letters or second and third letters of an identifier may not be duplicated with less than 200 nautical miles separation." Thus, Washington, D.C. area's three airports all have radically different codes: IAD for Washington–Dulles , DCA for Washington–Reagan (District of Columbia Airport), and BWI for Baltimore (Baltimore–Washington International, formerly BAL). Since HOU

1444-614: Is mentioned in the "Air Commuter Section" of the 6 September 1972 Eastern Air Lines system timetable as a connecting service to and from Eastern flights. This STOL airfield is no longer in use. Another commuter airline in the United States, Rocky Mountain Airways , operated Twin Otters from the Lake County Airport in Leadville, Colorado . At an elevation of 3,026 m (9,927 ft) above mean sea level, this airport

1520-543: Is not followed outside the United States: In addition, since three letter codes starting with Q are widely used in radio communication, cities whose name begins with "Q" also had to find alternate codes, as in the case of: IATA codes should not be confused with the FAA identifiers of U.S. airports. Most FAA identifiers agree with the corresponding IATA codes, but some do not, such as Saipan , whose FAA identifier

1596-419: Is the highest airfield in the United States ever to have received scheduled passenger airline service, thus demonstrating the wide-ranging flight capabilities of the Twin Otter. Rocky Mountain Airways went on to become the worldwide launch customer for the larger, four-engine de Havilland Canada Dash 7 STOL turboprop, but continued to operate the Twin Otter, as well. Larger scheduled passenger airlines based in

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1672-416: Is used for William P. Hobby Airport , the new Houston–Intercontinental became IAH. The code BKK was originally assigned to Bangkok–Don Mueang and was later transferred to Suvarnabhumi Airport , while the former adopted DMK. The code ISK was originally assigned to Gandhinagar Airport (Nashik's old airport) and later on transferred to Ozar Airport (Nashik's current airport). Shanghai–Hongqiao retained

1748-587: The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. The first of these was Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA), which got its start operating five flights from Columbus to Atlanta on June 27, 1979, using a fleet of three de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters . ASA would go on to operate the route as one of the inaugural routes of Delta Connection regional services in 1984. Other short-lived regional services to operate out of Columbus included Northwest Airlink and Eastern Metro Express . A new terminal building

1824-571: The Canadian transcontinental railroads were built, each station was assigned its own two-letter Morse code : When the Canadian government established airports, it used the existing railway codes for them as well. If the airport had a weather station, authorities added a "Y" to the front of the code, meaning "Yes" to indicate it had a weather station or some other letter to indicate it did not. When international codes were created in cooperation with

1900-790: The Kelabit Highlands region in Sarawak ), and in the United Kingdom, the Scottish airline, Loganair which uses the aircraft to service the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides . This daily scheduled service is unique as the aircraft lands on the beach and the schedule is partly influenced by the tide tables. Trials at Barra Airport with heavier planes than the Twin Otter, like the Short 360, failed because they sank in

1976-545: The fixed-base operator , general short-term visitors, and general long-term visitors. The airport is served by several taxi and rental car companies. Route 10 of the METRA Transit System serves a bus stop along Airport Thruway at a nearby Walmart on an hourly basis. In the year ending November 30, 2022 the airport had 37,662 aircraft operations, average 103 per day: 86% general aviation , 7% air taxi , 3% airline, and 4% military. 132 aircraft were then based at

2052-495: The type certificates from Bombardier Aviation for all out-of-production de Havilland Canada aircraft ( DHC-1 through DHC-7 ). The ownership of the certificates gives Viking the exclusive right to manufacture new aircraft. On 17 July 2006, at the Farnborough Airshow , Viking Air announced its intention to offer a Series 400 Twin Otter. On 2 April 2007, Viking announced that with 27 orders and options in hand, it

2128-717: The AC electrical system, modernization of the electrical and lighting systems, and use of composites for non load-bearing structures such as doors. The 100th Series 400 Twin Otter (MSN 944) was displayed at the July 2017 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh . At the time 38% were operated as regional airliners , 31% were in military aviation use, 26% in industrial support and 5% were in private air charter . Seventy were on regular landing gear wheels, 18 were configured as straight or amphibious floatplanes , 10 had tundra tires and two had wheel skis . In 2019, Viking started making plastic components for

2204-435: The Series 400 on 21 July 2010. Six years after, in July 2016, 100 series 400 have been delivered to 34 customers operating in 29 countries. In June 2017, 125 have been made since restarting production in 2010. In 2016, there were 281 Twin Otters in airline service with 26 new aircraft on order: 112 in North/South America, 106 in Asia Pacific and Middle East (16 orders), 38 in Europe (10 orders) and 25 in Africa. In 2018,

2280-588: The Series 400 technical demonstrator, C-FDHT, took place 1 October 2008, at Victoria International Airport . Two days later, the aircraft departed Victoria, British Columbia for a ferry flight to Orlando, Florida , site of the 2008 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Conference and exhibition. The first new build Series 400 Twin Otter (SN 845) made its first flight on 16 February 2010, in Calgary , Alberta . Transport Canada presented Viking Air Limited with an amended DHC-6 Type Certificate including

2356-535: The Twin Otter by 3D printer to help reduce cost. Twin Otter production was suspended in 2019 during the COVID-19 pandemic . In July 2022, DHC announced that it was reviewing the program and supply chain, with a decision on when to resume production expected "in the near future". In 2023, its equipped price was $ 7.25M. In June 2023 Viking, now operating as De Haviland Canada started production of new DHC-6 Classic 300-G. Twin Otters could be delivered directly from

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2432-634: The Twin Otter is used in skydiving operations in many countries. The United States Air Force operates three Twin Otters for the United States Air Force Academy 's skydiving team. On 26 April 2001, the first ever air rescue during polar winter from the South Pole occurred with a ski-equipped Twin Otter operated by Kenn Borek Air . On 25 September 2008, the Series 400 Technology Demonstrator achieved "power on" status in advance of an official rollout. The first flight of

2508-551: The U.S. For example, several airports in Alaska have scheduled commercial service, such as Stebbins and Nanwalek , which use FAA codes instead of ICAO codes. Thus, neither system completely includes all airports with scheduled service. Some airports are identified in colloquial speech by their IATA code. Examples include LAX and JFK . De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter

2584-681: The United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Australia, particularly jetliner operators, also flew Twin Otters, with the aircraft providing connecting feeder service for these airlines. Jet aircraft operators which also flew the Twin Otter included Aeronaves de Mexico , Air BC , Alaska Airlines , ALM Antillean Airlines , Ansett Airlines , Cayman Airways , Frontier Airlines , LIAT , Norcanair , Nordair , Ozark Air Lines , Pacific Western Airlines , Quebecair , South Pacific Island Airways , Time Air , Transair , Trans Australia Airlines (TAA), Wardair and Wien Air Alaska . In many cases,

2660-481: The United States, because "Y" was seldom used in the United States, Canada simply used the weather station codes for its airports, changing the "Y" to a "Z" if it conflicted with an airport code already in use. The result is that most major Canadian airport codes start with "Y" followed by two letters in the city's name (for example, YOW for O tta w a , YWG for W innipe g , YYC for C algar y , or YVR for V ancouve r ), whereas other Canadian airports append

2736-514: The airport had 84,387 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2022, an increase from 56,520 enplanements in 2021. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year). The airport is a public-use airport that is owned and operated by the Columbus Airport Commission. The Muscogee County Airport Commission

2812-401: The airport including an indoor aircraft viewing area. The goal of the project was to attract additional airline service to Columbus. This was temporarily effective as American Eagle began daily services to Charlotte and Dallas–Fort Worth after eight years of not serving the airport; however, the services only lasted from August 2021 to April 2023 with American citing a shortage in pilots and

2888-440: The airport itself instead of the city it serves, while another code is reserved which refers to the city itself which can be used to search for flights to any of its airports. For instance: Or using a code for the city in one of the major airports and then assigning another code to another airport: When different cities with the same name each have an airport, they need to be assigned different codes. Examples include: Sometimes,

2964-418: The airport's former name, such as Orlando International Airport 's MCO (for Mc C o y Air Force Base), or Chicago's O'Hare International Airport , which is coded ORD for its original name: Or char d Field. In rare cases, the code comes from the airport's unofficial name, such as Kahului Airport 's OGG (for local aviation pioneer Jimmy H ogg ). In large metropolitan areas, airport codes are often named after

3040-431: The airport: 106 single-engine, 13 multi-engine, 7 jet, 2 helicopter , 1 glider and 3 ultralight. As of 2022, it is Georgia's fourth busiest airport behind Atlanta, Savannah , and Augusta . FAA records say the airport had 84,387 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2022, an increase from 56,520 enplanements in 2021 and 63,726 enplanements in 2010. IATA airport code The assignment of these codes

3116-461: The beginning of Series 200 production included improving the STOL performance, adding a longer nose that was equipped with a larger baggage compartment (except for aircraft fitted with floats), and fitting a larger door to the rear baggage compartment. All Series 1, 100, and 200 aircraft and their variants (110, 210) were fitted with the 550 shp (410 kW) PT6A-20 engines. In 1969, the Series 300

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3192-502: The code SHA, while the newer Shanghai–Pudong adopted PVG. The opposite was true for Berlin : the airport Berlin–Tegel used the code TXL, while its smaller counterpart Berlin–Schönefeld used SXF; the Berlin Brandenburg Airport has the airport code BER, which is also part of its branding. The airports of Hamburg (HAM) and Hannover (HAJ) are less than 100 nautical miles (190 km) apart and therefore share

3268-468: The districts of Columbus. The Columbus Airport Commission is responsible for the airport's promotion and operations, but cannot collect taxes. Planning began before the onset of World War II to build Muscogee County Airport as a larger alternative to the existing Columbus Municipal Airport, a grass airfield which was located just to the southeast of Columbus' business district. The municipal airport had been operating commercial flights since June 19, 1929, but

3344-423: The end of payroll support grants distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason behind their withdrawal. Following American Eagle's exit, Delta Connection remains as the sole commercial carrier at Columbus Airport with two to three daily flights to and from Atlanta. In April 2024, the Columbus Airport Commission announced that the airport would be closing its longest runway, 6/24, to be entirely rebuilt for

3420-934: The end. Examples include: A lot of minor airfields without scheduled passenger traffic have ICAO codes but not IATA codes, since the four letter codes allow more number of codes, and IATA codes are mainly used for passenger services such as tickets, and ICAO codes by pilots. In the US, such airfields use FAA codes instead of ICAO. There are airports with scheduled service for which there are ICAO codes but not IATA codes, such as Nkhotakota Airport/Tangole Airport in Malawi or Chōfu Airport in Tokyo, Japan. There are also several minor airports in Russia (e.g., Omsukchan Airport ) which lack IATA codes and instead use internal Russian codes for booking. Flights to these airports cannot be booked through

3496-675: The excellent operating economics of the Twin Otter allowed airlines large and small to provide scheduled passenger flights to communities that most likely would otherwise never have received air service. Twin Otters are also a staple of Antarctic transportation. Four Twin Otters are employed by the British Antarctic Survey on research and supply flights, and several are employed by the United States Antarctic Program via contract with Kenn Borek Air . On 24–25 April 2001, two Twin Otters performed

3572-453: The factory with floats , skis , or tricycle landing gear fittings, making them adaptable bush planes for remote and northern areas. Areas including Canada and the United States, (specifically Alaska ) had much of the demand. Many Twin Otters still serve in the Arctic and subarctic , but they can also be found in Africa, Australia, Asia, Antarctica, and other regions where bush planes are

3648-557: The first three letters of the city in which it is located, for instance: The code may also be a combination of the letters in its name, such as: Sometimes the airport code reflects pronunciation, rather than spelling, namely: For many reasons, some airport codes do not fit the normal scheme described above. Some airports, for example, cross several municipalities or regions, and therefore, use codes derived from some of their letters, resulting in: Other airports—particularly those serving cities with multiple airports—have codes derived from

3724-455: The first time since the airport opened in 1944 in March 2025. The construction will prohibit the use of the airport for military and commercial operations for 103 days, including Delta Connection flights. The commission expressed that they are certain the services on the airport's sole remaining airline route would resume following the completion of the reconstruction. The anticipated total cost for

3800-522: The first winter flight to Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station to perform a medical evacuation. On 21–22 June 2016, Kenn Borek Air's Twin Otters performed the third winter evacuation flight to Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station to remove two people for medical reasons. The Argentine Air Force has used the Twin Otter in Antarctica since the 1970s, with at least one of them deployed year-round at Marambio Base . The Chilean Air Force has operated

3876-478: The following format: Most large airports in Canada have codes that begin with the letter "Y", although not all "Y" codes are Canadian (for example, YUM for Yuma, Arizona , and YNT for Yantai , China), and not all Canadian airports start with the letter "Y" (for example, ZBF for Bathurst, New Brunswick ). Many Canadian airports have a code that starts with W, X or Z, but none of these are major airports. When

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3952-597: The form of " YYZ ", a song by the rock band Rush , which utilizes the Morse code signal as a musical motif. Some airports have started using their IATA codes as brand names , such as Calgary International Airport (YYC) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Numerous New Zealand airports use codes that contain the letter Z, to distinguish them from similar airport names in other countries. Examples include HLZ for Hamilton , ZQN for Queenstown , and WSZ for Westport . Predominantly, airport codes are named after

4028-491: The improved reliability of turboprop power and the improved performance of a twin-engine configuration made it an immediately popular alternative to the piston-powered Otter which had been flying since 1951. The first six aircraft produced were designated Series 1, indicating that they were prototype aircraft. The initial production run consisted of Series 100 aircraft, serial numbers seven to 115 inclusive. In 1968, Series 200 production began with serial number 116. Changes made at

4104-487: The international air booking systems or have international luggage transferred there, and thus, they are booked instead through the airline or a domestic booking system. Several heliports in Greenland have 3-letter codes used internally which might be IATA codes for airports in faraway countries. There are several airports with scheduled service that have not been assigned ICAO codes that do have IATA codes, especially in

4180-612: The name of the airport itself, for instance: This is also true with some cities with a single airport (even if there is more than one airport in the metropolitan area of said city), such as BDL for Hartford, Connecticut 's B ra dl ey International Airport or Baltimore's BWI, for B altimore/ W ashington I nternational Airport ; however, the latter also serves Washington, D.C. , alongside Dulles International Airport (IAD, for I nternational A irport D ulles) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA, for D istrict of C olumbia A irport). The code also sometimes comes from

4256-554: The new airport would feature longer, paved runways with lighting. Construction continued through the war, and in November 1942 its use was offered by the county to the federal government for military operations upon completion. The completed airfield was officially designated as open to use by the public on December 10, 1944, by the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA). A temporary structure housed airport staff at

4332-416: The one they are located in: Other airport codes are of obscure origin, and each has its own peculiarities: In Asia, codes that do not correspond with their city's names include Niigata 's KIJ , Nanchang 's KHN and Pyongyang 's FNJ . EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg , which serves three countries, has three airport codes: BSL, MLH, EAP. Some cities have a name in their respective language which

4408-423: The optimum means of travel. Their versatility and manoeuvrability have made them popular in areas with difficult flying environments such as Papua New Guinea . In Norway, the Twin Otter paved the way for the network of short-field airports, connecting rural areas with larger towns. The Twin Otter showed outstanding reliability, and remained in service until 2000 on certain routes. Widerøe of Norway was, at one time,

4484-497: The rebuild is $ 36.5 million, $ 24.4 million of the construction cost will be covered by grants awarded by the FAA. Columbus Airport covers 680 acres (275 ha ) at an elevation of 397 feet (121 m). It has two intersecting asphalt runways: 6/24 is 6,997 by 150 feet (2,133 x 46 m) and 13/31 is 3,997 by 150 feet (1,218 x 46 m). Runway 6/24, the primary runway is equipped with high-intensity runway lighting, precision approach path indicators, and

4560-506: The same first and middle letters, indicating that this rule might be followed only in Germany. Many cities retain historical names in their airport codes, even after having undergone an official name/spelling/transliteration change: Some airport codes are based on previous names associated with a present airport, often with a military heritage. These include: Some airports are named for an administrative division or nearby city, rather than

4636-455: The sand. The Twin Otter is also used for landing at Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport , the world's shortest commercial runway, on the Caribbean island of Saba , Netherlands Antilles . The Twin Otter has been popular with commercial skydiving operations. It can carry up to 22 skydivers to over 5,200 m (17,000 ft) (a large load compared to most other aircraft in the industry); presently,

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4712-610: The single-engine DHC-3 Otter retaining the DHC-3's STOL qualities, its design features included double-slotted trailing-edge flaps and ailerons that work in unison with the flaps to boost STOL performance. The availability of the 550 shaft horsepower (410 kW) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 turboprop in the early 1960s made the concept of a twin feasible. A DHC-3 Otter with its piston engine replaced with two PT6A-4 engines had already flown in 1963. It had been extensively modified for STOL research. To bush plane operators,

4788-500: The station code of Malton, Mississauga , where it is located). YUL is used for Montréal–Trudeau (UL was the ID code for the beacon in the city of Kirkland , now the location of Montréal–Trudeau). While these codes make it difficult for the public to associate them with a particular Canadian city, some codes have become popular in usage despite their cryptic nature, particularly at the largest airports. Toronto's code has entered pop culture in

4864-509: The time of designation, set to be replaced with a $ 60,000 terminal building following the conclusion of the war. Eastern Airlines brought the first scheduled airline service to Muscogee County Airport on August 1, 1944, connecting it directly to Atlanta and Montgomery before the airport was certified for use by the CAA. The first scheduled flight arrived in Columbus at 3:08 pm as a stop on

4940-515: The two-letter code of the radio beacons that were the closest to the actual airport, such as YQX in Gander or YXS in Prince George . Four of the ten provincial capital airports in Canada have ended up with codes beginning with YY, including: Canada's largest airport is YYZ for Toronto Pearson (as YTZ was already allocated to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , the airport was given

5016-579: The type since 1980, usually having an example based at Presidente Frei Antarctic base of the South Shetland Islands . Alfredo Stroessner , Paraguayan head of state from 1954 until 1989, used a Twin Otter as a presidential aircraft; although the Twin Otter remained in the Paraguayan Air Force inventory after he was deposed, subsequent presidents switched to other, private aircraft for official duties. As of August 2006,

5092-529: The use of two letters allowed only a few hundred combinations; a three-letter system of airport codes was implemented. This system allowed for 17,576 permutations, assuming all letters can be used in conjunction with each other. Since the U.S. Navy reserved "N" codes, and to prevent confusion with Federal Communications Commission broadcast call signs , which begin with "W" or "K", the airports of certain U.S. cities whose name begins with one of these letters had to adopt "irregular" airport codes: This practice

5168-482: The world's largest operator of Twin Otters. During one period of its tenure in Norway, the Twin Otter fleet achieved over 96,000 cycles (take-off, flight, and landing) per year. A number of commuter airlines in the United States got their start by operating Twin Otters in scheduled passenger operations. Houston Metro Airlines (which later changed its name to Metro Airlines ) constructed their own STOLport airstrip with

5244-545: Was US$ 680,000, In 1976, a new -300 would have cost $ 700,000 ($ 3 million 31 years later) and is still worth more than $ 2.5 million in 2018 despite the -400 introduction, many years after the -300 production ceased. 844 had been produced by the time the first production end run ended in 1988. After Series 300 production ended, the remaining tooling was purchased by Viking Air of Victoria, British Columbia , which manufactures replacement parts for out-of-production de Havilland Canada aircraft. On 24 February 2006, Viking purchased

5320-504: Was about 24 aircraft per year. In April 2015, Viking announced a reduction of the production rate to 18 aircraft per year. On 17 June 2015, Viking announced a partnership with a Chinese firm, Reignwood Aviation Group ; the group would purchase 50 aircraft and become the exclusive supplier of new Series 400 Twin Otters in China. Major changes introduced with the Series 400 include Honeywell Primus Apex fully integrated avionics , deletion of

5396-635: Was also served with scheduled airline flights operated with Twin Otter aircraft. The Walt Disney World Airport , also known as the Lake Buena Vista STOLport, was a private airfield constructed by The Walt Disney Company with Twin Otter operations in mind. In the early 1970s, Shawnee Airlines operated scheduled Twin Otter flights between the Disney resort and nearby Orlando Jetport, now Orlando International Airport , as well as to Tampa International Airport . This service by Shawnee Airlines

5472-406: Was completed on June 2, 1991, at the cost of $ 12 million to replace the original terminal built in the 1940s, though the old control tower was used by the FAA for several months following the opening of the new complex due to complications in lease agreements. Delta's last mainline flights were in the autumn of 1995, terminating by the release of their December timetable. On January 21, 2010, airport

5548-649: Was established under an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia on April 9, 1968. After the merger between the governments of Muscogee County and Columbus at the start of 1971, the Muscogee County Airport Commission became the Columbus Airport Commission. The airport's five commissioners are appointed to five-year terms by the council of the Columbus Consolidated Government, an elected body representing

5624-577: Was introduced, beginning with serial number 231. Both aircraft performance and payload were improved by fitting more powerful PT6A-27 engines. This was a 680 hp (510 kW) engine that was flat rated to 620 hp (460 kW) for use in the Series 300 Twin Otter. The Series 300 proved to be the most successful variant by far, with 614 Series 300 aircraft and their subvariants (Series 310 for United Kingdom operators, Series 320 for Australian operators, etc.) sold before production in Toronto by de Havilland Canada ended in 1988. In 1972, its unit cost

5700-453: Was renamed from Columbus Metropolitan Airport to the more simplified Columbus Airport at the onset of a $ 3.3 million renovation project that occurred in 2010. The project included aesthetic updates to the terminal interior and the repaving of Runway 6/24. Another renovation project was completed in 2021 at the cost of $ 13.5 million. The 2021 project increased the capacity of the terminal building for airline operations, and added seating throughout

5776-477: Was restarting production of the Twin Otter, equipped with more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 engines. As of November 2007, 40 firm orders and 10 options had been taken and a new final assembly plant was established in Calgary , Alberta . Zimex Aviation of Switzerland received the first new production aircraft, serial number 845, in July 2010. By mid-2014, Viking had built 55 new aircraft at its Calgary facility. The production rate as of summer 2014

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