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65-576: Tupelo Regional Airport ( IATA : TUP , ICAO : KTUP , FAA LID : TUP ) is a public use airport located 3.7 miles; 3.2 nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Tupelo , a city in Lee County , Mississippi, United States. It is owned by the Tupelo Airport Authority. The airport is mostly used for general aviation , but is also served by one commercial airline with scheduled passenger service subsidized by

130-683: A primary commercial service airport. Tupelo Regional Airport covers an area of 1,061 acres (429 ha) at an elevation of 346 feet (105 m) above mean sea level . It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,502 by 150 feet (1,982 by 46 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 50,916 aircraft operations, an average of 139 per day: 56% general aviation , 38% military , 6% air taxi , and <1% scheduled commercial . At that time there were 68 aircraft based at this airport: 35% single- engine , 22% multi-engine, 9% jet , 3% helicopter , and 31% military . An additional primary function of

195-525: A primary commercial service facility. Meridian Regional Airport was established in 1928 and opened in November 1930 with the completion of the terminal , hangar , powerhouse , and a graded and packed dirt runway . Meridian city officials asked Al and Fred Key , who operated the Key Brothers' Flying School at Bonita, to co-manage the new facility. The brothers maintained their flying school at

260-718: A code sharing agreement with flights to American's hub in Nashville from 1986 until 1992. The carrier flew Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner and British Aerospace Jetstream 31 commuter prop jet aircraft. By 2012, service to Meridian became subsidized under the Essential Air Service act, and Silver Airways was selected to serve the city after the departure of Delta Connection. Silver provided flights to Atlanta using Saab 340 aircraft for two years, ending service in 2014. American Eagle returned to Meridian in 2014 with flights to Dallas/Fort Worth and Chicago. This service

325-548: A code sharing agreement, brought back Republic service in 1985 with flights to Memphis. Republic then merged with Northwest Airlines in 1986 and Northwest Airlink took over Republic Express on behalf of Northwest. The carrier operated Jetstream 31 and Saab 340 turboprop aircraft, with this service continuing until 2002. The flights to and from Memphis would also make stops at Columbus, Georgia , Jackson, Mississippi, Tupelo, Mississippi , or Laurel/Hattiesburg. American Eagle served Meridian on behalf of American Airlines via

390-749: A few months. Before merging with Air Midwest in 1985, Scheduled Skyways was operating four direct flights a day into Meridian from Memphis with Nord 262 and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner commuter prop jets , with all of these flights making an intermediate en-route stop in Tupelo, Mississippi . Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA), operating as the Delta Connection on behalf of Delta Air Lines, resumed Delta service to Meridian. The carrier used Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante , Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia , and de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 turboprop aircraft and added service to Memphis for several years during

455-510: 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

520-443: A routing of Atlanta - Gadsden, AL - Birmingham, AL - Tuscaloosa, AL - Columbus, MS - Tupelo - Memphis for a total of six departures a day from the airport. By 1968, Southern Airways was operating nonstop flights to Columbus, MS , Memphis , and Tuscaloosa as well as direct flights to Atlanta and Birmingham, AL with all of their Tupelo service being operated with Martin 4-0-4 piston airliners. Southern continued to serve

585-414: Is 4,599 by 150 feet (1,402 x 46 m) with an asphalt surface. Most of the site is paved in asphalt, with a large parking area in front of the terminal. Only small areas around the buildings are unpaved, and landscaping is limited to the terminal, which has shrubbery and an ornamental tree. The old terminal building, hangar, and powerhouse at Key Field together form the earliest surviving airport complex in

650-509: 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

715-533: Is a joint civil-military public use airport located at Key Field, a joint-use public/military airfield. It is located 3 nautical miles (5.6  km ; 3.5  mi ) southwest of Meridian , a city in Lauderdale County, Mississippi , United States. The Meridian Airport Authority owns the airport. At 10,003 feet (3,049 m), Key Field is home to the longest public use runway in Mississippi. It

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780-471: Is a small office and washroom on the east end, and a staircase leads to a narrow second floor room that overlooks the workroom and hangar storage area. Located on the east side of the hangar, the Powerhouse is a one-story, one-by-one bay building with another gabled roof and parapet walls. Entrance is gained through a door on the south side of the building, and the only other openings are a metal window on

845-617: 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

910-523: 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

975-513: 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

1040-399: Is made of brick and has a concrete foundation. The roof is gabled, and the walls have parapets. The end walls are capped by pent roofs and decorative brick panels encased by stucco . The north and south ends contain eight large sliding metal doors which allow planes to roll in. The interior has a concrete floor, unfinished brick walls, and an unfinished ceiling with exposed steel trusses. There

1105-533: Is mostly used for general aviation and military traffic , but it is also served by one commercial airline with scheduled passenger service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. According to the Federal Aviation Administration , Meridian Regional Airport had 19,599 passengers board (enplanements) in 2008, 18,560 in 2009, and 16,871 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as

1170-543: 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

1235-416: 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

1300-804: The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission Report, the 186 ARW is to be reassigned per recommendation #97, distributing its KC-135R aircraft between the Air National Guard 's 101 ARW, 128 ARW, and 134 ARW, in Maine , Wisconsin , and Tennessee , respectively. The BRAC Report also states that the 186 ARW's aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) positions are to be reassigned to the Mississippi Air National Guard's 172nd Airlift Wing (172 AW), an AMC-gained C-17 Globemaster III unit at Jackson International Airport . These transfers are to take place in 2010 and 2011, although

1365-863: The Air Mobility Command (AMC), the 186 ARW operates a fleet of KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refuelling and cargo aircraft. Key Field is also home to the Mississippi Army National Guard 's 111th Army Aviation Support Facility, Company B. The 111th operates a fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters, a multipurpose transport/cargo helicopter capable of carrying 55 troops and gear and can also sling-load up to 25,000 pounds. Navy T-45 Goshawk aircraft from nearby NAS Meridian and Air Force T-6A , T-1A and T-38 C aircraft from Columbus AFB also frequently practice approaches and other procedures over Key Field. Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) capabilities are provided by

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1430-540: The Air National Guard due to Key Field's stationing of the 186 ARW. In 2008, the 186 ARW entered into an arrangement with the active Air Force, hosting an operational training detachment for USAF-operated MC-12W aircraft under a program known as Project Liberty. The MC-12W is a USAF intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platform which was fielded in 2008 and 2009 to meet Iraq War and War in Afghanistan ground support ISR requirements. A derivative of

1495-601: The C-12 Huron , the MC-12W Liberty platform was created in response to Defense Secretary Robert Gates ' initiative to better support war fighters on the ground with increased ISR in theatre. USAF plans to procure 38 MC-12W aircraft. Mission qualification training in the MC-12W is currently conducted by a combined active Air Force and Air National Guard detachment embedded with the 186 ARW at Key Field. According to

1560-571: 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

1625-482: The Delta Connection via a code sharing agreement by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA). Delta flew nonstop from both Atlanta and Memphis flown with de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 and Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante turboprop aircraft. Southern Airways began serving Meridian in 1962 with direct flights to Atlanta, Memphis, and New Orleans, making intermediate stops en route at other cities. Southern

1690-572: The Official Airline Guide (OAG) listed two flights a day operated by Delta with the DC-9, including a daily nonstop flight from Atlanta and a daily direct flight from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport , which made two intermediate stops en route at Monroe, Louisiana and Jackson, Mississippi . Delta's mainline jet service ended in the spring of 1979. Delta would eventually return to Meridian with its service in 1985, operating as

1755-523: 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 . Meridian Regional Airport Meridian Regional Airport ( IATA : MEI , ICAO : KMEI , FAA LID : MEI )

1820-481: 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

1885-508: The acquisition of Republic Airlines by Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink operated British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31 and Saab 340 turboprop service on a code sharing basis on behalf of Northwest to Tupelo nonstop from Memphis, Columbus, MS, and Laurel, MS / Hattiesburg, MS . At this same time in 1989, American Eagle was operating flights on a code sharing basis on behalf of American Airlines with Swearingen Metroliner turboprops nonstop from both Nashville (BNA, an American hub at

1950-459: The airport during most of the 1970s with Martin 4-0-4 aircraft. Southern then eventually merged with North Central Airlines to form Republic Airlines which in 1979 was serving Tupelo with small Swearingen Metroliner turboprops with nonstop flights from both Atlanta (ATL) and Memphis (MEM). By 1981, Republic was operating larger Convair 580 turboprops into the airport with nonstop service from Memphis and Muscle Shoals, AL . However, Republic

2015-707: The airport has once again obtained Primary Airport status with the FAA in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Contour Airlines began daily nonstop flights in 2016 to Nashville using British Aerospace Jetstream 31 turboprop aircraft. On April 1, 2016, this service was upgraded with Embraer ERJ family regional jets being used for their scheduled passenger flights. Tupelo has no scheduled cargo service but does receive various cargo charters from time to time, most notably with Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias operated by Berry Aviation as well as ATR 72s operated by FedEx . The Mississippi National Guard has AH-64 Apache and UH-72 Lakota military helicopters based at their facility located on

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2080-441: The airport is to serve as an aircraft boneyard , including scrapping, parts recycling and aircraft storage. Universal Asset Management, an aviation company, has dismantled large, wide body jetliners at the airport including Airbus A330 , Airbus A340 , Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 777 aircraft for recycling. Southern Airways was serving the airport in 1952 with Douglas DC-3 aircraft with three daily round trip flights operating

2145-440: 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,

2210-418: 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

2275-744: The airport. IATA airport code The assignment of these codes 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 ,

2340-653: The brothers flew over Meridian for a total flight time of over 27 days. Key Field is named in their honor. The hangar and offices used by the Key brothers preceding and following the flight are still in use today and are listed in the National Register of Historic Places . During World War II , the facility operated under the name Key Field Air National Guard Base and was controlled by the United States Army Air Corps . Delta Air Lines began

2405-502: 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

2470-900: The combined airlines were renamed Republic Airlines . The Dec. 1, 1979 OAG lists Republic as the only airline serving Meridian at this time, with the carrier operating Douglas DC-9-10 and larger McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 jets on nonstop and direct one-stop flights from Atlanta. The carrier also operated nonstop from Laurel/Hattiesburg, nonstop Convair 580 turboprop flights from Memphis, and direct one-stop Convair 580 flights from New Orleans . Republic continued to serve Meridian with DC-9 jets as well as Convair 580 turboprop aircraft until 1984. Three commuter airlines came to Meridian in 1984 after Republic ended service. Scheduled Skyways and Sunbelt Airlines began service to Memphis, and Atlantic Southeast Airlines started flights to Atlanta. Sunbelt went out of business later in 1984, and Skyways merged into Air Midwest in 1985 but ended service to Meridian within

2535-449: The east side, and a small vent on the west side. For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2021, the airport had 86,751 aircraft operations: 71% military , 25% general aviation , 4% air taxi , and <1% scheduled commercial . At that time there were 78 aircraft based at this airport: 44 single- engine , 7 multi-engine, 5 jet , 3 helicopter , 1 glider, and 18 military . Meridian Regional Airport Authority operates Meridian Aviation,

2600-934: 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

2665-535: The federal Essential Air Service (EAS) program. Many college football teams visiting the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), 49 miles west in Oxford , fly into Tupelo. As per the Federal Aviation Administration , this airport had 15,985 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 13,319 in 2009, and 12,749 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as

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2730-573: The first commercial air service to Meridian in 1930. Meridian became a stop on Delta's mainline route between Dallas, Texas and Charleston, South Carolina . Various prop aircraft were used over the years, including the Lockheed Model 10 Electra , Douglas DC-3 , Douglas DC-4 , Convair 340 , and Douglas DC-6 . By the 1970s, Delta had initiated jet service to Meridian using the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 . On Feb. 1, 1976,

2795-557: 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

2860-478: 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

2925-597: 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

2990-487: 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

3055-506: The mid-1980s. By the late 1990s, service to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) was operated with a stop in Lafayette, Louisiana . By the early 2000s, the DFW flights had ended, and ASA introduced Bombardier CRJ100/200 regional jets on nonstop flights to Atlanta. ASA/Delta Connection service to Meridian ended in 2012. Republic Express, operated by Express Airlines I on behalf of Republic Airlines via

3120-499: The missions of the Continental US NORAD Region and 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) at Tyndall Air Force Base , Florida. The new group belongs to Key Field's 186th Air Refueling Wing.. Key Field covers an area of 1,000 acres (405 ha ) at an elevation of 298 feet (91 m) above mean sea level . It has two runways : 1/19 is 10,003 by 150 feet (3,049 x 46 m) with an asphalt and concrete surface; 4/22

3185-612: 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

3250-649: The new field as well as their other duties, such as selling commercial airline tickets, operating the terminal and hangar, and handling airmail delivery schedules. With the onset of the Great Depression , the City of Meridian considered abandoning the airport because of the cost of maintenance. The Key Brothers, wanting to keep the airport in business, planned to break the standing flight endurance record of 23 days and therefore focusing worldwide attention on Meridian and its airport. From June 4 until July 1, 1935,

3315-416: 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

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3380-806: The recent addition of the MC-12W Project Liberty program at Key Field may delay or eliminate the ARFF reassignment. In 2011, the same year that the 2005 BRAC realignments were to be completed, the 186th ARW expected to receive two new missions. According to former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and State Adjutant General Harold Cross, these missions were to be a new Joint Cargo Aircraft mission and an Air Force War Fighting Headquarters. According to Tom Williams, CEO of Meridian Airport Authority, this would result in an increase in local jobs at Meridian's Air National Guard facility. The 286th Air Operations Group activated on April 8, 2011, to support

3445-506: 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

3510-421: The state of Mississippi. After being listed under the National Register for Historic Places , the buildings were rehabilitated for use as a Cessna flight training school and repair shop. The old terminal building is a two-story brick building with a gabled roof and parapeted end walls. Facing east toward Highway 11 , the building is supported by a concrete foundation. The side wings and front pavilion of

3575-500: 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

3640-431: The terminal have flat parapet roofs and a gable-roofed porte-cochère extends from the front pavilion and terminates at a taller brick wall that contains a large arched opening. The front pavilion has another arched opening that leads to a recessed entrance. A one-story polygonal porch is in the rear, facing the airfield. Arched openings in the side wings flank the porch. The second floor, a single room that originally housed

3705-474: The time) and Tuscaloosa. Both American Eagle and Northwest Airlink were continuing to serve Tupelo in the spring of 1995 with American Eagle operating British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31 turboprops nonstop from Nashville while Northwest Airlink was continuing to operate BAe Jetstream 31 and Saab 340 turboprops nonstop from Memphis, Columbus, MS, and Laurel, MS/Hattiesburg, MS. Following the merger in 2008 between Northwest and Delta , all Northwest Airlink service

3770-515: 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

3835-529: 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

3900-409: The weather bureau, has a central door that opens onto the porch roof, forming an observation deck overlooking the airfield. The interior of the building contains a waiting room with the former manager's office to the north and the baggage and mailroom to the south. All the walls in the building are plastered and the floors are vinyl tile. The rectangular hangar accommodates 10 planes. The building

3965-411: Was no longer serving Tupelo by the summer of 1984. By early 1985, Scheduled Skyways , a commuter airline , was operating nonstop service from Memphis and Meridian with Nord 262 and Swearingen Metroliner turboprops while Flight Line, also a commuter air carrier, was serving the airport at this same time with small Cessna aircraft. In late 1989 when Memphis (MEM) was a Northwest hub following

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4030-777: Was operated by SkyWest Airlines using Bombardier CRJ100/200 regional jets. In 2020, service was shifted to United Express with flights to the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. The United Express flights are operated by SkyWest Airlines with CRJ-200 jets. Key Field is home to the Mississippi Air National Guard 's 186th Air Refueling Wing (186 ARW), at the Air National Guard enclave, Key Field Air National Guard Base . Operationally gained by

4095-609: Was operating Douglas DC-3 and Martin 4-0-4 prop aircraft at this time. By 1968, Southern had introduced DC-9 jet service to Meridian and began nonstop flights to Atlanta. According to the Feb. 1, 1976 OAG , Southern was operating five flights a day into Meridian, all with Douglas DC-9-10 jets, and nonstop from Birmingham, Alabama , Columbus, Mississippi and Laurel / Hattiesburg, Mississippi , with direct service from Atlanta, Chicago O'Hare Airport , Memphis and Tuscaloosa, Alabama . In 1979 Southern merged with North Central Airlines , and

4160-492: Was replaced by SeaPort Airlines . SeaPort flew for one year, ceasing their service by the end of October 2015. The airport was then without service for five months until April 2016 when Contour Airlines began flights with daily service to Nashville (BNA). Since April 2016, Contour has upgraded their service several times including replacing their twin turboprop BAe Jetstream 31 aircraft with Embraer ERJ 135 regional jets. Tupelo's annual enplanements have steadily grown and

4225-668: Was subsequently replaced with Delta Connection code sharing flights on behalf of Delta Air Lines . Delta Connection operated nonstop flights to both Memphis and Atlanta (ATL), with the Memphis service eventually being discontinued. Delta Connection was serving Tupelo from ATL with Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jets by this time. In 2012, after Delta Connection had ceased serving Tupelo, Silver Airways began service to Greenville , Muscle Shoals , and Atlanta using Saab 340s . Silver Airways then terminated service in October 2014 and

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