GRRTVC From United States, joined Sep 2003, 265 posts, RR: 1 Posted (4 years 4 months 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 8374 times:
I apologize if this question has been asked previously.
I was wondering what is the smallest airport that has either scheduled, seasonal or chartered major (UA, NW, KL, AF) air carrier service? I.e does ASE (Aspen) or QBF (Vail) have charter or seasonal international service?
I'm doing a little research project and am in need of this info.
GRRTVC From United States, joined Sep 2003, 265 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (4 years 4 months 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 8213 times:
Sorry for the undetailed request.
I'm looking for, generally speaking, US airports that can handle international flights but do so on either a limited or on an on-demand basis. I know this could be a pretty broad request because any airport that has international in it's name is by theory supposed to accomodate an international flight; i.e. GRR, ROC.
What I'm trying to narrow it down to is those airports that see either regular charter or the once a week type of service. I can't think of any but I'm sure they are out there.
Basically an airport that has a international draw but not a high demand.
HKGKaiTak From Australia, joined Jun 2005, 1036 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (4 years 4 months 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 8180 times:
If we're talking world airports I wonder if some of Australia's airports take the cake.
We have international terminals at:
- Canberra (CBR)
- Newcastle-Williamtown (NTL)
- Sunshine Coast-Maroochydore (MCY)
- Gold Coast-Coolangatta (OOL)
NTL and MCY don't actually have any scheduled international flights but SJ used to fly into NTL and MCY was upgraded with customs facilities for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting some years ago.
And what about DRW?
On the other side of the Tasman I'll bet Palmerston North isn't very big.
Brucek From United States, joined Nov 2004, 193 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (4 years 4 months 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 8070 times:
Quoting GRRTVC (Reply 5): What I'm trying to narrow it down to is those airports that see either regular charter or the once a week type of service. I can't think of any but I'm sure they are out there.
If you get a hold of an A/FD for the area in the US that you are looking for, you should be able to see if customs services are available. If it has customs, then it can basically take international traffic. But this would include all public use airports, and you'll be surprised how many GA airports also have international capability. Are you looking for somewhere to fly into yourself?
BigGSFO From United States, joined Jun 2005, 2211 posts, RR: 7 Reply 13, posted (4 years 4 months 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 8010 times:
EWY is a fairly small airport with customs serving a fairly small (allbeit popular tourist) population. Maybe someday we'll see a 20 minute flight to HAV! LOL
Gift4tbone From United States, joined Dec 2004, 585 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (4 years 4 months 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 7923 times:
Well, its not really that small, but meets all ur requirements.
PVD has daily (a few times i believe) flights to YYZ, but i figure canada and mexico don't really count. So we do have a weekly FRI/SAT flight to the azores, on a A300. (TAP-Air Portugal)
N766UA From United States, joined Jul 1999, 6812 posts, RR: 51 Reply 18, posted (4 years 4 months 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 7831 times:
Sandusky Airport (SKY), although not given the title "international", does have customs facilities on field and is considered an international airport of entry. Longest runway is 3500 ft.
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Jean Leloup From Canada, joined Apr 2001, 1991 posts, RR: 29 Reply 19, posted (4 years 4 months 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 7790 times:
Quoting ODwyerPW (Reply 10): The airport on the Island of Saba. Definitely the smallest. It's international, because every flight from or to there is from another country.
Incorrect, actually. Flights from SAB are limited to SXM and, I believe, occasional flights to St. Eustatius. But all three are provinces of the same country, the Netherlands Antilles.
I think that St. Miquelon is actually an excellent, excellent guess. Another close one would be whichever airport in Greenland used to get flights from Canada (on First Air.)
Sandusky Airport (SKY), although not given the title "international", does have customs facilities on field and is considered an international airport of entry. Longest runway is 3500 ft.
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Watertown, NY (ART) and Masseena, NY (MSS) are "international." Their only scheduled service is a two-stop Air Midwest (US Express) B1900 from PIT on a PIT-ART-OGS (Ogdensville?)-MSS routing.. or any combination of that. Probably those would win the title for some of the smallest in terms of total operations in a day (26 total flights a day at MSS)
AirAmericaC46 From United States, joined Mar 2004, 590 posts, RR: 2 Reply 22, posted (4 years 4 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 7482 times:
Anybody knows if there are flights from Pelee Island (Canada) to DTW in winter? I know the lake freezes cutting off ferry services and the locals have to use an airline to get out! Thanks for the data---name of airline, routing, and type of aircraft used.
ZSOFN From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2005, 1234 posts, RR: 13 Reply 23, posted (4 years 4 months 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 7468 times:
On a side note, one of the smallest airports ever served by 747s must be DUR. BA used to serve there through JNB (as I discussed in a previous thread) and SQ until recently also sent their 744s there. It has a short runway and a basic international terminal. Something to do with cheap fuel...
NZ747 From New Zealand, joined Dec 2004, 929 posts, RR: 6 Reply 24, posted (4 years 4 months 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 7437 times:
Nausori Airport [SUV] in Suva, Fiji Islands. It is a very small airport with just six international departures a week to Auckland, Sydney and Tonga. Largest aircraft that operate in there are Air Pacific's 737-800's and 737-700. I should have taken a photo of it when I was there earlier today.
HKGKaiTak From Australia, joined Jun 2005, 1036 posts, RR: 0 Reply 25, posted (4 years 4 months 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 7433 times:
Quoting ZSOFN (Reply 23): On a side note, one of the smallest airports ever served by 747s must be DUR.
On the other hand, couple months ago we had a few ANA 744s arrive at ASP on charter flights from Osaka, and ASP is not even an international airport!!!!! (I wonder how the logistics of that one worked). OK so it is a charter but I'm sure ASP is much smaller than DUR.
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26 N1120A: Of those two, Whitehorse is the smaller
28 Tockeyhockey: my guess is MDT -- one flight per day to YYZ. four gates total, only one or two of which are busy at any given time.
29 Rossbaku: DND is a pretty small airport. They only have one flight a day with ScotAirways to LCY. Any other aircraft that uses DND is usually private, or those
30 Stirling: Would the building with the blue roof be the domestic terminal? I am surprised. For whatever reason I expected DEL to be a bustling place.
31 Nkops: I believe MSS is considered int'l (Massena Int'l Airport) and I'm not even sure if anyone flies in there anymore. I know Air Midwest (Mesa) used to fr
32 Nkops: sorry.. didn't see reply 20.. someone beat me to MSS
33 IADBGO: Someone from Norway would have more knowledge then I but I would imagine that there are a couple airports in northern Norway like Tromso that may have
34 Coronado990: Looks like that the domestic terminal at DEL sits between the open "V" between the two runways. The blue roof buildings looks like they might be for
35 Tornado82: Still do. 2x daily. Gotta be one hell of a fun ride with the stops in all 3 of those places before taking off for the lonnnnnnng (by B1900 standards)
36 AOMlover: I guess St Tropez airport (LFTZ, STT) is one of the smallest intl airport. Flybabooo flies to STT from Geneva using a Dash 8. View Large View MediumPh
37 JGPH1A: Slight correction. It's LTT. STT is St Thomas. Kulusuk (KUS) in Greenland is tiny, but has international flights to Reykjavik (RKV). Or there's Union
38 COSPN: SPN is the smallest US Airport with 747 Service NW to NRT pop. about 50,000
39 FlyingNanook: It's not the fewest number of flights but FAI has two international routes. In summer, once weekly, Condor flies to FRA with a 767 and year round, thr
40 DeltaGuy767: My home airport BDL only has a few AC Jazz flights on their Dash-8's to Toronto and Montreal. Maybe some charter flights to the Caribbean during the w
41 RCS763AV: CUC in Colombia has only a bunch of domestic flights but has services to Venezuela. CUZ, tough not small, has its only international flights operated
42 PanAm747: How about Gibraltar? And of course, SXM is a small but photogenic airport...too many good pics to list here (and we've seen most of them!!).
43 CHI787ORD: In terms of smallest busiest international airport, would it be DEL?
44 DLKAPA: Many GA airports in america that see absoluely zero scheduled carriers have immigration on-site. APA and VNY I believe are a few. Also, I don't think
45 SA006: Not in the US but... Livingstone International in Zambia is tiny. One international gate. CE BA/Comair and SAA serve Livingstone from JNB so its class
46 CaptOveur: DAY has service to... Toronto... I think on an Air Canada express carrier.
47 Skymileman: GQfluffy, BIL is no longer an international airport and no city in Montana sees scheduled international air service.
48 Bmacleod: Yarmouth, NS (YQI) used to have AC service to BOS, however after AC pulled out, YQI only has business and small charter aircraft.
49 Eilennaei: Perhaps the smallest one in surfaced area: Helsinki Harbour Helipad for flights to Tallinn, Estonia ? http://www.copterline.com/matkainfo/terminaalit/
50 N766UA: Hold up... we're all on a different page. What is the criteria? Are you looking for the actual definition of an int'l airport (having customs/being a
51 FI642: What about the Heliport in Moncao? Only International flights . . . Customs hours: 0700-2200, Hours of Operation: 0700-2200.
52 Chugach: Here's a good one: Ketchikan, Alaska (KTN). Scheduled floatplane service to Prince Rupert, BC (YPR).
53 RODNAWACS: Curacao, tiny airport with 2 gates, yet it serves 737, Md-11, 747, 767 service to Europe, US and South America
54 Jasepl: For the number of daily flights, LCY is tiny.
55 CATAvNews: Gotta love Americans -- y'all assume you will be given a U.S. answer, even though you don't specify. I believe Iqaluit, the capital of Canada's Nunavu
56 CATAvNews: St. Miquolon! Very good answer. But of course you already have a few small Caribbean airports.
57 Wunala: Hobart in Tassie is quite small for an international airport.
58 FlyIGuy: I'd Have to say Norfolk Virginia. It's an international airport with no itnernational destination. It has no regular, sesonal, or charter service to a
59 Numbertwelve: HKG, I agree - especially Marrochydore is extremely small. Guess, 737/717 are the biggest plane who can handle that airport. I love it. But unfortuna
60 HKGKaiTak: Are there international routes from HBA? Where to?
62 Celticmanx: LSP (SVJC) definetely a tiny airport with a large runway 9.000'+ with services to AUA, CUR and there is an Amerijet 727 coming every now and then from
63 Bmacleod: Don't forget the many tiny Carribean airports that have international serice.
64 Luisde8cd: Since when are there flights from CUC to Venezuela? Hey my revolutionary friend, are those flights charters? cargo? Saludos desde Caracas, Luis
65 TAP1972: Kerry Airport in Ireland can be 1 of the smallest. Ryanair flyes to London Stantead and Frankfurt from there.
66 GRRTVC: Thanks for all your inout guys. Just to shed a little light on why I posted this topic. I am involved in a terminal design that needs to accomodate in
67 777DadandJr: You beat me to it Tockey. But MDT now has 2 flights a day to YYZ. One am, one pm. Russ
68 Tockeyhockey: i think that most of us were just listing airports that we are familiar with. since we live in america, we are most familiar with american airports.
69 Celticmanx: They are schedules flight as it appears on their website. Not revolutionary, just open minded... Manx
70 777ER: In New Zealand the smallest International airport is ZQN, flights by QF (B738) and NZ (A320). Every week on average there are 6 flights (winter time o
71 Stirling: Uhhhhhh, this is probably a stupid question, but when you say winter, do you mean "Cold" as in June, July, August? Or Winter, as it corresponds to th
72 Zippyjet: FPO has to be up there for mini-me international facilities. However, they've graduated from the quonset hut to a more contemporary building about the
73 Bluewave 707: Keahole-Kona (KOA) has less than 6 gates, and only 1 int'l flight , JAL080/079 (NRT).
74 KEno: The island of Redang off Malaysian east coast has daily international flights to Singapore by Berjaya Air on Dash 8. Redang is home to just 250 fisher
75 Rampero: Punta Cana (PUJ) Dominican Republic has less than 8 ramp parking spots, with 35 international daily flights.
77 Ktachiya: I don't know if this really counts but isn't Abbotsford fairly small? I heard that they are the divert airport when YVR is not functioning. Zoom also
78 Swissgabe: LPQ, WVB, LUD, OMD, IVL, TOD, USM, PKZ, LUG, TRZ, HDY, REP, DAD, OUL, KSA, PNI, TKK, INU, TRW, MAJ, YAP, ROR, KWA, HIR and so on ...
79 CXA330300: Perhaps the Maseru airport in Lesotho would qualify? Only a few flights a day to Johannesburg.
82 Cidflyer: MOT (Minot, ND) is an International airport, however I think they only have 3 daily DC9's on NW to MSP. City pop. per 2000 census is 35,000
83 DeltaGuy767: That was un called for. DeltaGuy767
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