Friedman Memorial Airport - Facilities and Aircraft

Facilities and Aircraft

Friedman Memorial Airport covers an area of 171 acres (69 ha) at an elevation of 5,318 feet (1,621 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 13/31 which measures 7,550 by 100 feet (2,301 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 68,540 aircraft operations, an average of 187 per day: 58% general aviation, 38% air taxi, 3% scheduled commercial and <1% military. At that time there were 150 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single-engine, 25% multi-engine, 5% jet, 1% helicopter and 1% ultralight.

Delta is the dominant carrier at the airport via its Delta Connection service operated by SkyWest with Embraer EMB-120 "Brasilia" turboprop aircraft. Delta operates the most flights with year round nonstop service to its Salt Lake City hub only. Alaska, via its wholly owned regional partner Horizon Air, is the only other carrier at the airport. Nonstop flights are operated by Alaska/Horizon to Seattle and also nonstop to Los Angeles on a seasonal basis with Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft. More flights operate during the winter ski season than any other time of year from the airport. Alaska/Horizon usually has 100 days of service to Los Angeles from mid December to late March.

Historically, the airport had scheduled passenger jet service provided in the past on a seasonal basis during the winter ski season by Horizon Air and America West Airlines. Horizon Air operated Fokker F28 Fellowship jets nonstop to San Francisco and Seattle while America West flew Boeing 737-300 jetliners nonstop to Los Angeles and Phoenix.