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Greenville Mid-Delta Airport

Coordinates: 33°28′58″N 090°59′08″W / 33.48278°N 90.98556°W / 33.48278; -90.98556
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Greenville Mid-Delta Airport
USGS 1996 orthophoto
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Greenville
ServesGreenville, Mississippi
Elevation AMSL131 ft / 40 m
Coordinates33°28′58″N 090°59′08″W / 33.48278°N 90.98556°W / 33.48278; -90.98556
Websitegreenvillems.org/citygovernment/airport/
Map
GLH is located in Mississippi
GLH
GLH
Location of airport in Mississippi / United States
GLH is located in the United States
GLH
GLH
GLH (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18L/36R 8,001 2,439 Asphalt
18R/36L 7,019 2,139 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations37,295
Based aircraft17

Greenville Mid-Delta Airport (IATA: GLH[2], ICAO: KGLH, FAA LID: GLH), operating as Mid Delta Regional Airport until 2011,[3][4] is a public use airport in unincorporated Washington County, Mississippi, United States.[5] It is located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) northeast of the central business district of Greenville, the city that owns the airport.[1] It is served by one commercial airline, Boutique Air, which is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Formerly, the facility was known as Greenville Air Force Base.

As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 6,310 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[6] 6,290 in 2009, 6,609 in 2010,[7] 7,417 in 2011, and 5,181 in 2012.[8] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.[9]

Facilities and aircraft

Mid-Delta Regional Airport is the only commercial airport located in the Mississippi Delta.[10] Located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of central Greenville, MDRA is situated on 2,000 acres (810 ha) of land,[1] with a sizable portion in the Mid-Delta Empowerment Zone. A controlled airfield, MDRA has a control tower which is manned from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., seven days a week.

The facility has two runways, the primary being 18L/36R which is composed of an asphalt surface 150 feet (46 m) wide by 8,001 feet (2,439 m) long. Runway 18L/36R is a precision approach runway with an Instrument landing System (ILS), medium approach lighting system with rails, (MALSR) approach lights and High Intensity Runway Lights (HIRLs). A parallel runway, 18R/36L, has an asphalt and concrete surface with a width of 150 feet (46 m) and length of 7,019 feet (2,139 m). Runway 18R/36L is a non-precision runway with Medium Intensity Runway Lights, (MIRL). The runways are connected by six taxiways. Ramp space is abundant, with 2,660,000 square feet (247,000 m2) of concrete ramp area.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2009, the airport had 37,295 aircraft operations, an average of 102 per day: 47% military, 30% air taxi, 23% general aviation, and <1% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine and 12% jet.[1]

History

Historically, Greenville had scheduled passenger service provided by Southern Airways commencing during the early 1950s from the former Greenville Municipal Airport (Mississippi) operated with Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft flying daily round trip routings of Memphis - Greenville - Vicksburg - Jackson, MS - Natchez - Baton Rouge - New Orleans and Memphis - Greenville - Vicksburg - Jackson, MS - Laurel - Hattiesburg - Mobile.[11] Southern subsequently moved its service to Mid Delta Regional and in 1968 was operating six departures a day from the airport all with Martin 4-0-4 prop aircraft with three nonstop flights a day to its Memphis hub as well as three direct, no change of plane flights a day to New Orleans via various stops en route.[12] Southern subsequently began operating Douglas DC-9-10 jetliners from the airport on nonstop flights to Memphis with direct service to Baton Rouge and New Orleans via an intermediate stop in Monroe, Louisiana and also on a direct, one stop basis to Atlanta, Chicago O'Hare Airport and Chicago Midway Airport. According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), in the spring of 1975 Southern was operating six DC-9 flights every weekday into the airport with three nonstop flights a day from Memphis with two of these flights originating at either Chicago O'Hare Airport or Chicago Midway Airport as well as three flights a day from New Orleans via stops in Baton Rouge and Monroe.[13] Other DC-9 jet flights operated by Southern over the years continued on direct, no change of plane routings to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. The July 1, 1978 Southern system timetable listed two nonstop DC-9 flights a day to its Memphis hub as well as one nonstop DC-9 flight a day to Monroe with this service continuing on to Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Fort Walton Beach (served via Eglin Air Force Base), Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, and one nonstop DC-9 flight a day to Jackson with this service continuing on to Atlanta which also served as a hub for Southern.[14][15]

Southern then merged with North Central Airlines to form Republic Airlines which in turn continued to serve Greenville. According to the July 1, 1979 Republic system timetable, the airline was operating nonstop DC-9 jet service to Memphis where it was operating a hub as well as nonstop service to Monroe and was also operating direct, no change of plane DC-9 service to Atlanta (which also served as a hub for Republic), Baton Rouge, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Walton Beach via Eglin Air Force Base, Greenville/Spartanburg, SC, Huntsville/Decatur, AL, Miami, New Orleans, New York City via LaGuardia Airport, Orlando and Washington D.C. via Dulles Airport.[16][17] Republic subsequently ceased all flights from Greenville and had withdrawn from the market by 1986.[18][19]

In 1989, Northwest Airlink nonstop service from Alexandria, Louisiana, Memphis and Monroe was being operated on a code sharing basis by Express Airlines I on behalf of Northwest Airlines (which was operating a hub in Memphis at this time) with British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31 and Saab 340 commuter turboprop aircraft.[20]

In May 2015, SeaPort Airlines announced that it planned to end service to and from the airport. After receiving proposals from four airlines, the Greenville city council unanimously chose Boutique Air as its next airline.[21]

In July 2017, The US Department of Transportation has approved Greenville’s choice for subsidized air service.[22] Boutique Air, which has been serving Mid Delta Regional Airport since 2015 would remain the carrier through 2021, with a caveat.[22]

On 3 June 2018, a storm system destroyed the hangar and most of the aircraft at the airport.

On 1 March 2019, Boutique Air announced a new flight schedule beginning April 1, 2019 flying from Greenville Mid-Delta Airport (GLH) to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).[23] Greenville to Atlanta is a new route that was recommended by the community, to give access to a larger cosmopolitan area and improve Greenville’s economic opportunity.[23] Boutique Air retired service from Greenville to Nashville, TN on March, 31 2019.[23] At the end of March, Boutique Air ceased all flights to Nashville International Airport and concentrate on flights to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.[24] Due to the pandemic, flights to Atlanta were changed back to Nashville in late 2020.[25]

On 11 August 2021, Contour Airlines was announced as Greenville Mid-Delta Airport's (GLH) new EAS carrier, with daily service to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and 5 weekly service (every day except Tuesdays and Saturdays) to Nashville International Airport (BNA). Contour Airlines will replace Boutique Air on these routes from 1 October 2021.[26]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Contour Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth, Nashville

Statistics

Passenger boardings (enplanements) by year, as per the FAA[27]
Year 2009 [28] 2010 [29] 2011 [30] 2012 [31] 2013[32] 2014[33] 2015[34] 2016[35] 2017[36] 2018[37] 2019[38]
Enplanements 6,310 6,609 7,417 5,181 3,029 1,650 773 4,986 5,646 5,634 3,687
Change Decrease00.32% Increase05.07% Increase012.23% Decrease030.15% Decrease041.54% Decrease045.53% Decrease053.15% Increase0545.02% Increase013.24% Decrease00.21% Decrease034.56%
Airline Mesaba Airlines dba Delta Connection Mesaba Airlines dba Delta Connection Mesaba Airlines dba Delta Connection Pinnacle Airlines dba Delta Connection Silver Airways Silver Airways SeaPort Airlines Boutique Air Boutique Air Boutique Air Boutique Air
Destination(s) Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Atlanta
Tupelo 		Tupelo Memphis Dallas-Ft. Worth
Nashville 		Dallas-Ft. Worth
Nashville 		Dallas-Ft. Worth
Nashville 		Atlanta
Dallas-Ft. Worth

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for GLH PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (GLH: Greenville)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  3. ^ "Mid-Delta Regional Airport". City of Greenville. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  4. ^ "Greenville: City amends airport name". The Clarion Ledger. 2011-03-08. p. 8. ISSN 0744-9526. Greenville City Council has voted to change the name of Mid Delta Regional Airport to Greenville Mid Delta Airport
  5. ^ "Greenville city, Mississippi". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 10, 2008. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  6. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  7. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  8. ^ "Calendar Year 2012 Passenger Enplanements at All U.S. Airports, by State" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 30, 2013.
  9. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  10. ^ Jeter, Lynn (March 26, 2001). "Airports an advantage when it comes to site selection". Mississippi Business Journal. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Timetable". www.timetableimages.com. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  12. ^ "Timetable". www.timetableimages.com. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  13. ^ April 15, 1975 Official Airline Guide, Greenville, MS (GLH) flight schedules
  14. ^ "SO070178p10". www.departedflights.com.
  15. ^ "Southern Airways July 1, 1978 Route Map". www.departedflights.com.
  16. ^ "RC070179p20". www.departedflights.com.
  17. ^ "Republic Airlines July 1, 1979 Route Map". www.departedflights.com.
  18. ^ "Republic Airlines April 28, 1985 Route Map". www.departedflights.com.
  19. ^ "Republic Airlines March 2, 1986 Route Map". www.departedflights.com.
  20. ^ "GLH89p1". www.departedflights.com.
  21. ^ "Boutique Air will begin flying in and out of Greenville on October 1". Delta Daily News. August 12, 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  22. ^ a b "Boutique Gets Greenville Nod For Four More Years". Delta Daily News. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  23. ^ a b c "Boutique Air Announces New Spring Schedule for Greenville, Mississippi". Boutique Air. March 1, 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  24. ^ "Boutique Air ending flights to Nashville after March 31". Times Daily. 2019-02-22. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  25. ^ himself; Cream, The First Thing He Did with the License Was Get Ice; Management, go plane spotting for the entire day When he has the timehe likes to take spotting trips to any location worth a visit He’s currently enrolled at Western Michigan University earning a degree in Aviation; Operations. (2020-08-14). "Interview: Boutique Air Resumes Nashville Service". AirlineGeeks.com. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  26. ^ "Greenville Airport expected to soar with Contour Airlines". Delta Democrat-Times.
  27. ^ "Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) and All-Cargo Data for U.S. Airports – Airports". www.faa.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  28. ^ "2009 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF, 891 KB). CY 2009 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. November 23, 2010.
  29. ^ "2010 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.
  30. ^ "2011 Enplanements at Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF). CY 2011 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. October 9, 2012.
  31. ^ "2012 Enplanements at All Airports (Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation) by State and Airport" (PDF). CY 2012 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. October 31, 2013.
  32. ^ "All Airports with CY 2013 Enplanements" (PDF). Retrieved May 25, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  33. ^ "Calendar Year 2014 Enplanements by State" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  34. ^ "Calendar Year 2015 Enplanements by State" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  35. ^ "Calendar Year 2016 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  36. ^ "Calendar Year 2017 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  37. ^ "Calendar Year 2016 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  38. ^ "Calendar Year 2019 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports" (PDF). Retrieved 16 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Further reading

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-2008-0209) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Ninety-day notice (July 3, 2008): from Mesaba Aviation, Inc. intent to discontinue unsubsidized service between Greenville, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee effective October 1, 2008.
    • Order 2008-8-23 (August 25, 2008): selecting Mesaba Airlines, Inc., d/b/a Northwest Airlink, to provide essential air service (EAS) at annual subsidy rate of $1,355,693 at Greenville, Mississippi, through September 30, 2010.
    • Order 2010-7-12 (July 15, 2010): selecting Mesaba Aviation, Inc., d/b/a Delta Connection, to provide essential air service at Greenville, Mississippi, at an annual subsidy rate of $1,606,662 thru September 30, 2011, or 180 days after Mesaba informs the Department of the retirement of the Saab aircraft Mesaba proposed for this service, whichever comes sooner.
    • Ninety Day Notice (July 15, 2011): from MESABA AVIATION, INC. and PINNACLE AIRLINES, INC. of termination of service at Greenville, MS.
    • Order 2012-5-17 (May 22, 2012): selecting Silver Airways, formerly Gulfstream International Airways, to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Greenville, Laurel/Hattiesburg, and Tupelo, Mississippi, and Greenbrier/White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (Lewisburg), using 34-passenger Saab 340 aircraft, for a combined annual subsidy of $16,098,538.
    • Order 2012-6-3 (June 6, 2012): extending the Essential Air Service obligation of the two wholly owned subsidiaries of Pinnacle Airlines Corporation—Mesaba Aviation, Inc. and Pinnacle Airlines, d/b/a Delta Connection at the eight communities listed below (Muscle Shoals, AL; Alpena, MI; Iron Mountain/Kingsford, MI; Brainerd, MN; International Falls, MN; Greenville, MS; Laurel/Hattiesburg, MS; Tupelo, MS) for 30 days, through, July 9, 2012.
    • Notice of Intent (April 9, 2014): of Silver Airways Corp. ... to discontinue subsidized scheduled air service between Atlanta, Georgia (ATL) and each of Muscle Shoals, Alabama (MSL), Greenville, Mississippi (GLH), Laurel/Hattiesburg, Mississippi (PIB), and Tupelo, Mississippi (TUP). Silver Airways intends to discontinue this service on July 8, 2014 or such earlier date as permitted by the Department in any final order terminating the eligibility of any of these communities under the essential air service (EAS) program.
    • Order 2014-4-24 (April 22, 2014): prohibits Silver Airways Corp., from terminating service at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Greenville, Laurel/Hattiesburg, Meridian, and Tupelo, Mississippi, for 30 days beyond the end of the air carrier's 90-day notice period, i.e. August 7, 2014. We are also requesting proposals from air carriers interested in providing Essential Air Service (EAS) at Muscle Shoals, Greenville, Laurel/Hattiesburg, Meridian, and/or Tupelo.
    • Order 2014-4-26 (April 24, 2014): directing interested persons to show cause as to why the Department should not terminate the eligibility ... under the Essential Air Service (EAS) program based on criteria passed by Congress in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law No. 112-95). We find that Greenville is within 175 miles of a large or medium hub, Memphis International Airport (MEM), a medium hub, and, thus, is subject to the 10-enplanement statutory criterion. We also find that during fiscal year 2013, Greenville generated a total of 5,836 passengers (inbound plus outbound). Consistent with the methodology described above, that results in an average of 9.3 enplanements per day, below the 10-enplanement statutory criterion necessary to remain eligible in the EAS program.
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