Tri-State Airport

Tri-State Airport
Milton J. Ferguson Field
USGS aerial image, 1995
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Tri-State Airport Authority
Serves Huntington, West Virginia
Elevation AMSL 828 ft / 252 m
Coordinates 38°22′01″N 082°33′31″W / 38.36694°N 82.55861°W / 38.36694; -82.55861Coordinates: 38°22′01″N 082°33′31″W / 38.36694°N 82.55861°W / 38.36694; -82.55861
Website TriStateAirport.com
Map
HTS
Location of airport in West Virginia / United States
HTS
HTS (the US)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 7,017 2,139 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations 12,870
Based aircraft 48
Total Passengers Served (12 months ending Sep 2017) 198,000

Tri-State Airport (IATA: HTS, ICAO: KHTS, FAA LID: HTS), also known as Milton J. Ferguson Field, is a public airport in Wayne County, West Virginia,[1] three miles south of Huntington, West Virginia,[1] near Ceredo and Kenova. Owned by the Tri-State Airport Authority,[1] it serves Huntington; Ashland, Kentucky; and Ironton, Ohio. It has heavy use for general aviation, and after the withdrawal of Delta Air Lines in June 2012, is down to two airlines, one of which provides nationwide connecting service.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 115,263 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2010, 10.9% more than 2009.[2] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[3]

Facilities

The airport covers 1,300 acres (526 ha) at an elevation of 828 feet (252 m). It has one runway, 12/30, 7,017 by 150 feet (2,139 x 46 m) asphalt.[1]

For the 12 month period ending February 28, 2017, the airport had 12,870 aircraft operations, average 35 per day: 46% general aviation, 32% air taxi, 15% airline, and 7% military. In December 2017, 48 aircraft were then based at this airport: 35 single-engine, 8 multi-engine, 3 jet, 1 helicopter, and 1 ultralight.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinationsRefs
Allegiant Air Orlando/Sanford, Punta Gorda (FL), St. Petersburg/Clearwater
Seasonal: Myrtle Beach 		[4]
American Eagle Charlotte [5]

Top destinations

Top domestic destinations out of HTS (October 2016 – September 2017)[6]
Rank City Airport Passengers Carriers
1 Charlotte, NC CLT 37,830 American Eagle
2 Orlando/Sanford, FL SFB 26,400 Allegiant
3 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL PIE 22,500 Allegiant
4 Myrtle Beach, SC MYR 8,510 Allegiant
5 Punta Gorda, FL PGD 5,210 Allegiant

FedEx Feeder is operated at the field by Mountain Air Cargo.

Incidents

  • On November 14, 1970, in what has been recognized as "the worst sports related air tragedy in U.S. history," [7] Southern Airways Flight 932, a chartered Southern Airways DC-9 commercial jet, crashed into a hill just short of Runway 12. The flight was carrying thirty-seven members of the Marshall University "Thundering Herd" football squad, eight members of the coaching staff, and twenty-five boosters. There were no survivors. The tragedy was the basis of the 2006 film We Are Marshall.
  • On January 30, 2009, a Piper PA-34-200T Seneca crashed in the vicinity of KHTS during a significant snow event. The pilot was attempting to divert to KHTS due to a fuel emergency. All six aboard were killed.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 FAA Airport Master Record for HTS (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. effective December 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Allegiant Air". Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Flight schedules and notifications". Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Tri-State/Milton J. Ferguson Field (HTS)". Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. September 2017.
  7. ↑ Rivals.com College Football. "Marshall crash still looms after 36 years. December 19, 2006 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2007-05-26. .
  8. ↑ "Crash victims possibly from Chicago". Huntington Herald-Dispatch. February 1, 2009.


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