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33-611: Friedman Memorial Airport, the gateway to Sun Valley, is built on land donated to the city of Hailey by Leon and Lucile Friedman in 1931 and named in memory of their father, Simon M. Friedman . Simon was a local merchant and rancher who arrived in Hailey in the 1880s and served as mayor from 1909 to 1913. Friedman Memorial Airport covers an area of 211 acres (0.85 km) at an elevation of 5,318 feet (1,621 m) above sea level . It has one asphalt paved runway designated 13/31 which measures 7,550 by 100 feet (2,301 by 30 m). For

66-567: A 1977 oral history with his daughter Lucile, his heart remained with his livestock—which he kept even while he pursued mercantile interests. When the Village of Hailey was formally incorporated in 1903, Friedman joined the Village's Board of Trustees, and he became the third Chairman of the Board in 1907. In 1909, the Village officially became the City of Hailey, and Friedman became its first mayor. He

99-545: A period of time after Friedman moved to Hailey, but she joined him in Hailey after she noticed "how lonely it was for him up here all by himself," according to the 1977 oral history. They lived at 215 E Silver Street in Hailey and raised three children there: Leon (1888-1966), Lucile (1894-1987), and Marian (1903-1947). Leon left to attend military academy in California and then returned to Hailey, assuming ownership over his father's store in 1926. Lucile also left, attending

132-595: A scheduled basis. Following the cessation of these F28 and 737 flights, the airport did not have scheduled passenger jet service for many years until Delta Connection and United Express introduced Canadair CRJ-700 jet flights into Sun Valley in 2013 and 2014 respectively. In the 1970s, the airport was served by Sun Valley Airlines (later "Sun Valley Key Airlines" which then changed its name to Key Airlines ) using de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter , Convair 440 , Piper Navajo and other propeller-driven aircraft. The airfield

165-578: A sheep and cattle rancher. Some sources credit Friedman with bringing the first sheep to the Wood River Valley, while others credit John Hailey or James Laidlaw. On July 2, 1889, a large fire destroyed almost all of Hailey's business district. After the fire, Friedman opened a store on the town's Main Street immediately next door to his cousin's store. S.M. Friedman's store sold hardware, mining supplies, and general merchandise, but, according to

198-612: The Douglas DC-9-10 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jets into the Magic Valley Regional Airport (TWF) in Twin Falls , which was advertised in its various system timetables during the 1970s as being the "jet gateway" for Sun Valley. Historically, in addition to the aforementioned West Coast Airlines and Air West propeller aircraft service, the airport had scheduled passenger jet flights provided in

231-676: The Saunders ST-27 and ST-28 . In the closing stages of the Second World War , the aircraft manufacturer de Havilland began development of a new small twin-engined passenger aircraft, the DH 104 Dove, intended as a replacement for the earlier Dragon Rapide and which soon proved to be successful. As a further development, the company basically enlarged the Dove; the fuselage was lengthened to make room for more passengers or freight, and

264-678: The University of California for four years, but she returned to Hailey and became the manager of the Hiawatha Hotel. Marian died a tragic death in Boise . In 1931, Leon and Lucile Friedman deeded a 76-acre parcel of their father's former farmland to the City of Hailey for use as an airstrip, with the condition that the property would revert back to the Friedman heirs if the land ever ceased to be used for its intended purpose. The airstrip

297-410: The 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 68,540 aircraft operations, an average of 187 per day: 58% general aviation , 38% air taxi , 3% scheduled commercial and <1% military . At that time there were 150 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single- engine , 25% multi-engine, 5% jet , 1% helicopter and 1% ultralight . In 1931, the Friedman family donated a large part of land for

330-470: The 1960s, the airline was serving Sun Valley with Douglas DC-3 and Piper Navajo twin prop aircraft. West Coast successor Air West briefly served Friedman with Piper Navajo twin prop commuter aircraft, which served nonstop flights to Boise, Salt Lake City, and Portland, Oregon, following West Coast's merger with Bonanza Air Lines and Pacific Air Lines to form Air West in 1968. While successor Hughes Airwest never served Hailey and Sun Valley, they flew

363-497: The 1B and its successor the 2B had higher maximum takeoff weight, the 2C featured fully feathering propellers, the Heron 2D had an even higher maximum takeoff weight, while the Heron 2E was a VIP version. In service, the Heron was generally well received by flight crews and passengers who appreciated the additional safety factor of the four engines. At a time when smaller airliners were still rare in isolated and remote regions,

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396-432: The DH.114 could provide reliable and comfortable service with seating for 17 passengers, in individual seats on either side of the aisle. With its larger fuselage, passengers could stand up whilst moving down the aisle and large windows were also provided. Baggage was stored in an aft compartment with an additional smaller area in the nose. A few peculiarities appeared; passengers who filled the aft rows first would find that

429-697: The E175. Simon M. Friedman Simon Moses Friedman (1852-1926), also known as S.M. Friedman , was a leading merchant and politician in Hailey, Idaho and the namesake of Hailey's Friedman Memorial Airport . Friedman was born to a Jewish family in Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1869 along with his cousin S.J. Friedman. After his cousin settled in Hailey in 1881, S.M. Friedman followed in 1886 or 1887. Friedman began his life in Hailey as

462-424: The Heron gently "sat down" on its rear skid. Pilots and ground crews soon added a tail brace to prevent the aircraft from sitting awkwardly on its tail. Performance throughout the Heron range was relatively "leisurely", and after production at de Havilland's Chester factory ceased in 1963, several companies, most notably Riley Aircraft Corporation , offered various Heron modification kits, mainly related to replacing

495-474: The airport as well during the mid 1970s with de Havilland Heron four engine commuter prop aircraft. Delta Air Lines has always been the dominant carrier at the airport with its service via Delta Connection . For many years, SkyWest Airlines with operated Embraer EMB-120 "Brasilia" turboprop aircraft under this name. In January 2014 this Delta Connection service was enhanced and expanded with SkyWest-operated Canadair CRJ-700 regional jet flights, following

528-494: The basic Heron airframe was the Saunders ST-27/-28 , that changed the configuration as well as the "look" of the whole aircraft with two powerful turboprop engines replacing the lethargic four-engine arrangement, a stretched fuselage, the shape of the windows changed and the wingtips squared instead of rounded. A De Havilland Heron, registration G-AOXL, is preserved on stilts outside Airport House (which incorporated

561-514: The case of the Saunders ST-27). Unlike the Dove, the Heron came with a fixed undercarriage and no nosewheel steering, which simplified maintenance, but reduced top speed. Secondly, the lightweight aluminium alloy wingspars were prone to constant cracking due to the heavy loading on the wing caused by the overweight engines and rough landings on unpaved runways. NAC resolved this by replacing the aluminium spars with heavier steel spars, reducing

594-467: The end of her father's political career: "He [served as mayor] for two terms, and my mother said, 'If you [run for] another term, I'm going to divorce you.' It was anything but pleasurable… somebody was always getting Dad out in the middle of the night to get a cow out of their yard or something." Friedman married Selma Rosenthal (1867-1941) in the 1880s. Rosenthal remained in Salt Lake City for

627-478: The end of their service lives, the engine conversions gave the elderly airliner a new lease of life as a number of examples were converted in the 1970s and 1980s including N415SA , a Riley Heron still flying in Sweden as of 20 May 2012 and a Riley Turbo Skyliner, tail number N600PR currently registered in the United States (this example appeared in the 1986 movie Club Paradise ). The most radical modification of

660-638: The engines, which greatly enhanced takeoff and top speed capabilities. Riley Aircraft replaced the Gipsy Queens with horizontally-opposed Lycoming IO-540 engines. One U.S. airline that carried out Riley-type conversions at their Opa Locka Airport , Florida, engineering facility was Prinair , of Puerto Rico, which replaced the Gipsy Queens with Continental IO-520 engines. Prinair also considerably stretched Heron 2 N574PR to allow extra passengers to be carried. Connellan Airways also converted its Herons, using Riley kits. When available aircraft reached

693-564: The largest and fastest member of the Dash 8 turboprop family. More flights operate during the winter ski season than any other time of year from the airport. Alaska Airlines usually has 100 days of service to Los Angeles from mid-December to late March. Horizon Air began serving Sun Valley late in 1983 with nonstop flights to Seattle and Boise, operated with Fairchild F-27 turboprop aircraft. On September 8, 2022 Horizon flew their final Dash 8 out of Freidman with service being replaced hours later by

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726-405: The new airport, just before it was officially recognized in 1932. According to historic photographs, the site had been used for aviation as early as 1916. Scheduled commercial passenger service began at the airport in the late summer of 1960 with the arrival of West Coast Airlines , a forerunner of both Air West and Hughes Airwest . According to various West Coast Airlines system timetables during

759-431: The past on a seasonal basis during the winter ski season operated by Horizon Air and America West Airlines . Horizon Air flew Fokker F28 Fellowship jets nonstop to San Francisco and Seattle while America West flew Boeing 737-300 jetliners nonstop to Los Angeles, Phoenix and Boise with direct, no change of plane jet service to Las Vegas and San Jose, CA. The Boeing 737 was the largest aircraft ever to serve Sun Valley on

792-606: The performance of the Heron Series 1A (re-classified 1B) to uneconomic levels for the services required of them in New Zealand. NAC disposed of them in 1957. After 51 Series 1 aircraft had been built, production switched to the Series 2 , featuring retractable landing gear, which reduced drag and fuel consumption, and increased the top speed marginally. The 2A was the equivalent of the 1A, the basic passenger aircraft while

825-934: The retirement of the aging EMB-120 turboprops. Delta now operates with Embraer 175 jet service year-round service to Salt Lake City . In 2013, United Airlines started seasonal service during the winter ski season, with nonstop service to/from San Francisco International Airport , which has continuously been operated by SkyWest Airlines with the CRJ 700 aircraft. In late 2013, United Express announced that it would expand its service to add nonstop summer flights from San Francisco. Soon after, United Express announced new nonstop service to Denver International Airport , which started in July 2014. As of July 2020, they are operating E175 aircraft on all routes. Alaska Airlines , via its wholly owned regional partner Horizon Air , operates nonstop flights to Seattle with Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft,

858-739: The successful completion of the prototype trials as a regional airliner, series production of the Heron began. The first deliveries were to NAC, the New Zealand National Airways Corporation (later part of Air New Zealand ). Basic price for a new Heron in 1960 was around £60,000, minus radio. The first Heron, Series 1A suffered deficiencies, as NAC soon discovered. First, the aircraft was generally underpowered. Its quite heavy engines (weighing about 490 pounds (220 kg) each), had an output of only 250 hp (190 kW) each. By comparison, later modifications or rebuilt aircraft had as much as 50% more power (in

891-474: The wingspan was increased to make room for two more engines. The Heron was of all-metal construction, and was laid out as a conventional design; the resulting aircraft could use many of the parts originally designed for the Dove, thus simplifying logistics for airlines using both types. The emphasis was on rugged simplicity to produce an economical aircraft for short- to medium-stage routes in isolated and remote areas which did not possess modern airports. The Heron

924-491: Was a development of the twin-engine de Havilland Dove , with a stretched fuselage and two more engines . It was designed as a rugged, conventional low-wing monoplane with tricycle undercarriage that could be used on regional and commuter routes. A total of 149 were built; it was also exported to about 30 countries. Herons later formed the basis for various conversions, such as the Riley Turbo Skyliner and

957-483: Was also briefly served over the years by Gem State Airlines , Mountain West Airlines , Golden Gate Airlines and Scenic Airlines . Transwestern Airlines provided service for two years, until sidelined by a non-fatality accident near Hailey in 1983 which involved an emergency landing attempt on Highway 75 . It was acquired later that year by Horizon Air, which began service in the early 1980s. Air Idaho served

990-399: Was designed with a fixed undercarriage and Gipsy Queen 30 engines, which lacked potentially unreliable reduction gearboxes and superchargers . The Heron prototype registered to the de Havilland Aircraft Company, Hatfield , UK, as G-ALZL undertook its first flight with Geoffrey Pike at the controls on 10 May 1950. The aircraft was unpainted at the time, and after 100 hours of testing

1023-440: Was expanded into an airport years later, as the valley's resort economy grew and commercial flight traffic grew along with it. As of 2022, Friedman Memorial Airport hosts hundreds of commercial jets each year and is one of few airports anywhere in the world named for a Jewish person. De Havilland Heron The de Havilland DH.114 Heron is a small propeller -driven British airliner that first flew on 10 May 1950. It

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1056-506: Was introduced to the public on 8 September 1950 at the Farnborough Airshow , still glistening in its polished metal state. By November, the prototype had received its formal British Certificate of Airworthiness and had flown to Khartoum and Nairobi for tropical trials. The prototype was then painted and fitted out as a company demonstrator, and was tried by British European Airways in 1951 on its Scottish routes. Following

1089-596: Was reelected to a second two-year term in 1911. Through different forms of government, Friedman was Hailey's chief executive for seven years from 1907 to 1913, a role in which he established the first city water supply. Lucile Friedman said that her father "always felt that everybody here was... an American citizen. [Since he] was rescued from Germany, he should get down and kiss the soil of the United States. They should be so grateful to be an American citizen. So he felt that you had great responsibility to your country and you should be active in doing things." She added this about

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