Grant County Airport (New Mexico)
Grant County Airport (IATA: SVC, ICAO: KSVC, FAA LID: SVC) is a county owned, public use airport in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is located 10 nautical miles (12 mi, 19 km) southeast of the central business district of Silver City, New Mexico. The airport is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,607 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 1,860 enplanements in 2009, and 1,501 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).
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