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词条 Valle Airport
释义

  1. Planes of Fame

  2. Facilities and aircraft

  3. Historical airline service

  4. References

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}}Valle Airport {{Airport codes|VLE||40G}}, is a public airport located {{convert|29|mi|nmi km|lk=on}} south of Valle, Arizona. Valle is the second location of Planes of Fame Air Museum .[1]

Planes of Fame

The Valle branch of Planes of Fame opened in 1995 because the Chino collection had grown so greatly an additional facility was needed. 40 of the museum's 150 aircraft are kept in Valle, many of which are flyable.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Valle Airport covers an area of {{convert|330|acre|ha|lk=on}} at an elevation of {{convert|5999|ft|m|lk=on}} above mean sea level. It has one runway:

  • 1/19 measuring 4,199 x 45 feet (1,280 x 14 m) with an asphalt surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 20, 2009, the airport had 6,500 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 18 per day. At that time there were 6 aircraft based at this airport all single-engine.[1]

Historical airline service

Trans World Airlines (TWA) served Grand Canyon National Park via the Valle Airport during the late 1940s.[3] According to a Trans World timetable which appeared in the October 1948 Official Airline Guide, Valle was a stop on transcontinental flights operated by TWA with routings of Philadelphia - Pittsburgh - Chicago - Kansas City - Wichita - Amarillo - Albuquerque - Winslow, AZ - Grand Canyon (Valle Airport) - Boulder City, NV - Las Vegas - Los Angeles and also Baltimore - Washington, D.C. - Columbus, OH - Dayton - Indianapolis - St. Louis - Kansas City - Topeka - Wichita - Amarillo - Santa Fe, NM - Winslow, AZ - Grand Canyon (Valle Airport) - Las Vegas - Los Angeles.

References

1. ^{{FAA-airport|ID=40Guse=PU|own=PR|site=01705.8*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.planesoffame.org/index.php?page=valle-az-location|title=PLANES OF FAME - Valle, AZ Location|work=planesoffame.org}}
3. ^Oct. 1948 Official Airline Guide, Trans World Airlines system timetable
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1 : Airports in Coconino County, Arizona

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