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39-560: KEWB may refer to: The ICAO code for the New Bedford Regional Airport in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States KEWB (FM) , a radio station (94.7 FM) licensed to serve Anderson, California, United States KKSF (AM) , a radio station (910 AM) licensed to serve Oakland, California, United States, which formerly used the call sign KEWB Topics referred to by

78-728: A TSA Checkpoint and Sterile Areas for baggage and passenger boarding. U.S. Customs & Border Protection services are available 24/7, by request. The Airport also has a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ). The FTZ remains available for development and use on the eastern side of the Airport. Cape Air is the primary Air Carrier operating scheduled passenger service at the New Bedford Regional Airport. Destinations include Boston, Martha's Vineyard , Nantucket , and New York's JFK Airport . The airport reports that its facilities are used by over 20,000 passengers traveling to

117-479: A carrier flying “big” airplanes under CAB supervision. (For ANE, "big" aircraft were Fairchild-Hiller FH-227s , a slightly larger US built version of the Fokker F-27 turboprop. These were, in fact, the same aircraft Northeast had flown.) Air New England was the first domestic carrier in the contiguous US to be certificated for multiple routes at one time since the local service carriers had been certificated in

156-515: A decrease in revenue caused by the contemporaneous strike by the air-traffic controllers' union, PATCO . ANE had been carrying close to 600,000 passengers a year in 1980. In 1981, it depended on $ 6.1 million in federal subsidies to cover operating costs. During its 12-year existence, the airline suffered only one serious incident/crash [cited below] and had one of the highest safety/reliability ratings of all American based airlines over that 12-year period." In September 1981, Wright Air Lines signed

195-537: A fleet of over 15 aircraft, state of the art flight simulators, and an experienced faculty/staff. Students can earn Bachelor of Science degrees, with concentrations in Flight Training and/or Aviation Management. The Airport Grille opened its doors under new management in October 2019 but closed abruptly during summer 2023. The restaurant offered a range of American-style pasta, steak and seafood dishes, with

234-868: A focus on lobster. The Airport Grille was located inside the Main Terminal building. Over the past ten years the FAA, the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission, and the New Bedford Airport Commission proposed an expansion project to develop New Bedford Regional Airport into an air cargo facility. The recommended expansion plans included a proposal to extend Runway 5–23 to 8,000 ft (2,400 m) from its current length of 5,400 ft (1,600 m). Air cargo carriers require at least 6,000 to 7,000 ft (1,800 to 2,100 m) of runway. However, despite

273-715: A result of the CAB's New England Service Investigation, the focus of which was the New England routes that caused long-term financial distress to Northeast Airlines . Northeast was a trunk carrier that had merged into Delta in 1972 after many years of losses. Northeast's New England route network was more similar to that of a local service carrier , the carriers the CAB had originally certificated to fly smaller routes. Northeast had been obligated to serve many small New England cities. Like most local service carriers, Northeast required subsidies to operate its network. After 1955, Northeast

312-665: A tentative $ 10 million deal to purchase ANE. In the end, Wright walked away from ANE, with its owners doing the same, shutting Air New England on October 31, 1981. As an industry source noted, “Air New England didn't have anything to sell.” An on-demand charter operator named Air New England based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Portland, Maine, has been operating since 2010. At year-end 1970, Air New England's operating fleet comprised three DHC-6 Twin Otters, one Beech 99, two Beech 18s and one Aero Commander 500 B. In June 1974,

351-405: A “regional carrier”, slotting it in under the local service carriers and above the single route certificated carriers like Aspen and Wright. Air New England was in a category of its own until Air Midwest was certificated as another regional carrier in 1976. Notwithstanding the poor hand it was dealt by the CAB, ANE made things harder on itself. For instance, at New York LaGuardia Airport, it used

390-478: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages New Bedford Regional Airport The airport lies within Class D airspace and has an operating FAA control tower (0600-2300). The Acushnet Cedar Swamp borders the airport to the north. New Bedford Regional Airport was constructed between 1940 and 1942 as a commercial airport, but was soon drafted into use for

429-479: The Marine Air Terminal , far from the main terminal, making connections to other carriers difficult – it provided a courtesy bus to move people between terminals, but noted it might take 45 minutes to arrive. Considering ANE was designed to be a regional feeder airline, and that in the regulated era interlining among CAB carriers was mandatory, the difficulty of making connections with ANE at LaGuardia

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468-725: The United States Army Air Forces until the end of World War II as New Bedford Army Air Field . In April 1944, the Navy took over control of the airport and used it as a training post and naval auxiliary air facility ( NAAF New Bedford ) to the Naval Air Station Quonset Point in Rhode Island. During its time, the field also had control of Naval Outlying Landing Field Plymouth and Naval Outlying Landing Field Westfield . After

507-516: The 1950s and 1960s until 1972, when it was acquired by and merged into Delta Air Lines , which in turn then ceased serving New Bedford several years later. In 1960, Northeast was operating Douglas DC-3 aircraft into the airport with nonstop service to New York LaGuardia Airport , Boston and Martha's Vineyard. By 1969, Northeast had introduced larger Fairchild Hiller FH-227 turboprops on nonstop flights to New York LaGuardia, New York JFK Airport and Boston. Northeast then introduced jet service and

546-590: The CAB to court to try to get that lost money, and lost. More generally, ANE seems to have had no serious plan for how to deal with deregulation. It did expand outside of New England, but such routes in the 1 October 1981 timetable, just before it died, have a random nature to them – Boston-to-Albany-to Rochester-to Cleveland-to Baltimore. There seems little rhyme or reason to these choices. Air New England shut down on October 31, 1981, with 400 employees. The company cited "intolerable financial losses" caused by competition, lack of federal subsidies, cumulative expenses, and

585-957: The Islands and Cape business (Martha's Vinyard, Nantucket, Hyannis), undercutting Executive (which, although larger, had a far worse cost structure), largely driving them out of this area by 1972. Then, fed by profits from the Islands and Cape, ANE moved its attention to the north, again undercutting Executive. Executive declared bankruptcy in December 1971 and went out of business entirely in December 1973, selling some assets to ANE. ANE's summer 1974 network linked LaGuardia and Boston to four destinations in each of Maine and Massachusetts, as well as one in New Hampshire and two in Vermont. See Fleet section below for how its fleet changed during this time. Air New England received certification in 1974 as

624-637: The US airline business that was unregulated because it flew small aircraft, which at the time were defined as carrying 30 or fewer passengers with a maximum payload of 7,500lbs. In that year, the US Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), a now defunct Federal agency that, at the time, tightly regulated the US airline business, certificated Air New England, allowing it to fly larger aircraft but also making it subject to CAB oversight. As discussed below, such certification of an air taxi or commuter operator

663-477: The airline was generally unprofitable. ANE collapsed in the early years of US airline deregulation . Air New England, Inc., was incorporated as a Massachusetts company on September 25, 1970, originally located in Barnstable, MA with directors Joseph Whitney (president), Nelson Lee and George Parmenter. Parmenter was head of Cape & Island Airline , a dba of Cape & Islands Flight Service . Whitney

702-554: The airport was awarded several grants for new wildlife fencing, ARFF equipment, and a supplemental grant of $ 5 million to design and reconstruct Terminal Aprons. This grant included funding for substructure improvements to assist with drainage. In 2020, Terminal and FBO Ramps underwent extensive reconstruction, updating substructure, pavement, and ramp markings. In addition, the airport rebuilt several sections of Perimeter Fence, enhancing Security and Wildlife Mitigation measures. Air New England (1970-1981) Air New England (ANE)

741-418: The airport. In 1985, PBA was operating three nonstop flights a day to New York LaGuardia with Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante commuter turboprops. At the peak of PBA's business, 102,880 passengers passed through its facilities in New Bedford. In December 2017, Elite Airways offered scheduled flights from New Bedford to Vero Beach, Florida with Bombardier CRJ-200 and -700 series aircraft. However, this service

780-458: The benefits of certificated service with larger aircraft. The Board's solution was to certificate ANE, giving them the routes Northeast and Mohawk had been unable to fly profitably, relieving Delta and Allegheny of the obligation. With this background, ANE's record of financial distress from 1975 onward (see nearby table) is not a surprise. The CAB essentially made ANE the designated certificated operator of routes that were proven losers, at least for

819-713: The cessation of service by Delta during the mid-1970s, Air New England provided regional service throughout New England and New York until it ceased all operations and went out of business. In 1975, Air New England was the only airline serving New Bedford, with a total of up to fourteen nonstop flights a day into the airport from New York LaGuardia, Boston, Hyannis and Martha's Vineyard. These services were operated with Beechcraft 99 and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter commuter turboprops as well as larger Fairchild Hiller FH-227 turboprops and Douglas DC-3 aircraft. By 1979, Air New England had reduced its service into New Bedford and

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858-507: The economic benefits that a new cargo facility could bring to the area, there was substantial local opposition. Large cargo jets would create more noise and pollution than smaller planes that already utilized the airport. The runway extension itself would affect 17 to 58 acres (6.9 to 23.5 ha) of wetlands . Safety was also of concern, with large aircraft following a flight path directly over populated residential areas. Due to this opposition, in addition to environmental and safety concerns,

897-577: The islands annually, and in 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration recorded 24,494 itinerant operations from New Bedford to the islands. The airport has a thriving general aviation community and is served by three FBOs : Bridgewater State University Aviation is located on the north side of the Airfield. It is one of the only accredited, collegiate Part 141 Aviation Science programs in New England. The program offers

936-426: The late 1940s/early 1950s, so its certification was a big deal. There had been US carriers certificated for international routes only (like Trans Caribbean Airways in 1957) and domestic carriers originally certificated to fly a single route only ( Aspen Airways in 1967, TAG Airlines in 1969 and Wright Air Lines in 1972) but nothing like Air New England. The CAB categorized its carriers and deemed Air New England

975-488: The operating fleet comprised five DC-3s, eight Twin Otters, four Beech 99s and two Aero Commanders. The Aero Commanders were not used in scheduled service. World Airline Fleets 1979 lists Air New England as having eight FH-227s and ten DHC-6 Twin Otters. On 17 June 1979, an Air New England de Havilland Twin Otter aircraft crashed while approaching Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis, Massachusetts . One person,

1014-536: The plan to extend the runway was rejected by the Airport Commission on May 4, 2005. The commission voted instead to implement various safety upgrades which included an added 503 feet (153 m) of length. In 2015, Runway 5/23 was completely rebuilt, with an addition in length of 400 feet (120 m), making the new dimensions 5,400 ft × 150 ft (1,646 m × 46 m). The project also added much needed Runway Safety Areas , putting

1053-633: The runway environment in compliance with modern standards. Taxiway Alpha was also rebuilt at this time, adding Taxiway Safety Areas . In 2018, Runway 14/32 was narrowed to 75 ft (23 m), but retained its original length of 5,000 ft (1,500 m), while also adding conforming runway safety areas. The project also saw the eradication of the Taxiway B North run-up pad, constructing Taxiway Kilo in its place. In addition, taxiways Echo and Charlie were constructed. Several improvements to taxiway Alpha were also part of this construction phase. In 2019,

1092-486: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title KEWB . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KEWB&oldid=836779847 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Airport disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1131-547: The time of ANE's founding/first flight (which occurred November 16, 1970) speak of Beech 99s and DHC-6 Twin Otters and show a picture of an ANE Beech 99, but the US Civil Registry of January 1971 shows two Beech 18s (and a Twin Otter). A September 1971 schedule shows the fleet included Beech 99s, DC-3s, Beech 18s and Twin Otters. Until 1974, Air New England was categorized as an air-taxi, or commuter, that part of

1170-433: The war ended, the airport was converted back into civilian use. It has been improved over the years with additional runway lighting and approach guidance systems . Part 139 Certification was received in the summer of 2017, allowing the airport to accept larger passenger aircraft for the purpose of passenger transportation. Northeast Airlines , a major east coast air carrier, provided scheduled airline service throughout

1209-525: Was a US regional airline in New England during the 1970s and early 1980s. It was headquartered at Logan International Airport in the East Boston area of Boston, Massachusetts . ANE was noneconomic for most of its existence. From 1975 through its last year, 1981, ANE depended heavily on government subsidies. Depending on the year, these accounted for 17 to 25% of operating revenues, despite which

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1248-415: Was a big mistake. ANE was also asleep at the switch when deregulation was signed into law. It was a near-certainty this would make ANE's life harder, yet it failed to immediately apply to the CAB for increased subsidy. Established CAB practice was that subsidy changes dated from the day new rates were requested – no backdating. ANE didn't apply until months later, needlessly foregoing additional monies. It took

1287-537: Was a founder and former president and Nelson a former EVP of Executive Airlines, and at the start the airline was staffed with mostly former Executive staff. Whitney had left Executive after a disagreement with its main shareholder. ANE was billed as a “renaming” of Cape & Islands to better reflect the New England-wide service area of the airline but the two remained separate corporations until both were dissolved after ANE stopped flying. News articles at

1326-801: Was a niece of the childless founder of Hudson's , the one-time Detroit department store that was a forerunner to Target , explaining Robert Kanzler's middle name. Over the first four years of operation, Air New England grew to become the dominant commuter airline in New England, overcoming and ultimately driving out of business the former dominant player, Executive Airlines. ANE's original network linked New York LaGuardia and Boston to three destinations in Massachusetts (New Bedford, Hyannis and Nantucket) and three in Maine (Portland, Augusta and Waterville). ANE's traffic grew from 90,000 passengers in 1971 to 320,000 in 1974. It triumphed by first concentrating on

1365-412: Was operating McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jetliners nonstop between New Bedford and New York LaGuardia Airport in the fall of 1970 with two round trip DC-9 flights a day. Following its acquisition of Northeast, Delta continued to serve New Bedford with Fairchild Hiller FH-227 turboprops inherited from Northeast on nonstop flights to New York LaGuardia and Boston during the early and mid-1970s. Following

1404-458: Was operating four flights a day with DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprops on nonstop services twice a day to New York LaGuardia and Hyannis. Nor-East Commuter Airlines was also serving New Bedford in 1979 with several nonstop flights a day to Martha's Vineyard, operated with Piper Navajo twin prop aircraft. Following Air New England, Provincetown-Boston Airlines (PBA) was the primary airline serving New Bedford until 1989, when it ceased all flights into

1443-732: Was suspended due a pilot shortage and a limited fleet of aircraft. New Bedford Regional Airport covers an area of 847 acres (343 ha), and contains two asphalt runways : 5/23 measuring 5,400 ft × 150 ft (1,646 m × 46 m) and 14/32 measuring 5,002 ft × 75 ft (1,525 m × 23 m). In the year ending June 25, 2019, there were 48,988 aircraft operations, an average of 134 per day: 89% general aviation, 10% air taxi and almost 1% military. In April 2022, there were 93 aircraft based at this airport: 75 single-engine, 14 multi-engine, 3 jet and 1 helicopter. The Main Passenger Terminal offers

1482-541: Was the only trunk carrier that needed subsidies to survive, subsidies the CAB paid until 1968. Also included in the investigation were a couple of New England routes that Allegheny Airlines had inherited in its 1972 merger with Mohawk Airlines . The recommendation of the CAB's administrative law judge and its staff was to give these unprofitable New England routes to unregulated air taxi or commuter operators. The New England states and communities saw things differently and board members themselves believed New England deserved

1521-492: Was unusual. ANE was privately held. Its two major owners were Fairleigh Dickinson, Jr. and Robert Hudson Kanzler. Kanzler was a son of Ernest C. Kanzler, an early Ford Motor Company executive (who persuaded Henry Ford to move beyond the Model T , but was forced out as a result) and a friend of Edsel Ford . Ernest and Edsel married sisters so Henry Ford II was Robert Kanzler's first cousin. His mother, Josephine Hudson Clay,

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