California Redwood Coast - Humboldt County Airport (IATA: ACV, ICAO: KACV, FAA LID: ACV) (Arcata Airport) is in Humboldt County, California, 8 miles (13 km) north of Arcata and 15 miles (24 km) north of Eureka, in McKinleyville, California.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011-2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport. The airport is a federally designated port of entry for civil aircraft arriving in the United States. The airport is the site of the command center for and primary facilities of the United States Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay, which provides rescue and law enforcement for the region north of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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History
The airport was built by the United States Navy during World War II to test defogging systems. It operated in support of the Naval Air Station Alameda as the Arcata Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) and was headquarters for the Eureka section of naval local defense forces for the 12th Naval District.
In December 1947 a Southwest Airways Douglas DC-3 flying into the airport made the world's first blind landing by a scheduled commercial airliner using Ground-Controlled Approach (GCA) radar, Instrument Landing System (ILS) and Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation (FIDO) oil-burning units adjacent to the runway. By the following year the airline had made 1,200 routine instrument landings at the often fog-shrouded airport.
Facilities
California Redwood Coast - Humboldt County Airport covers 745 acres (301 ha) at an elevation of 222 feet (68 m). It has two asphalt runways: 14/32 is 6,046 by 150 feet (1,843 by 46 m) and 1/19 is 4,501 by 150 feet (1,372 by 46 m).
The airport is under the jurisdiction of the California Coastal Commission and major changes to the airport such as rezoning or fencing in the airport require its approval.
The approach path for runway 32 passes over Central Avenue. The strobe lights that direct planes onto the runway were a hazard for drivers due to glare, more noticeable during wet weather when the strobes' intensity increased and the roadways reflected the blinking lights. Baffles were installed on the strobes which block the lights from shining on the road while still giving visual guidance for aircraft.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
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Current airline service
Scheduled flights are operated by SkyWest Airlines flying as United Express with 3 or 4 flights per day to SFO using a mix of CRJ-700 and Embraer 175 regional aircraft. In addition PenAir offers three flights per day, two to Portland International (PDX) and one to Redding (RDD) on the 30 passenger Saab 340B turboprop aircraft. The PenAir flights to Portland are operated as code share flights for Alaska Airlines and allow passengers to book flight itineraries directly with Alaska Airlines.
Skywest became an all-jet air carrier following the retirement of their Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia turboprop fleet in the spring 2015. The airport is currently seeking to attract an additional airline serving new destinations to the airport.
Past airline service
ACV was served by Eureka Aero (mid-1970s) (Eureka, Crescent City), Air Oregon (early 1980s) (San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland, OR, Medford, OR, Eugene, OR, North Bend, OR), American Eagle (San Jose), Pacific Air Lines and predecessor Southwest Airways (San Francisco), Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) (San Francisco), Horizon Air (from 1994 to 2011) (Redding, Portland, Los Angeles and briefly Seattle), Delta Connection (2008-2010) operated by SkyWest Airlines (Salt Lake City), Hughes Airwest and predecessor Air West (Crescent City, Medford, San Francisco, Eugene, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle); Republic Airlines (1979-1986) (San Francisco); United Airlines (San Francisco), WestAir operating as United Express (San Francisco), and Arcata Flying Service (early 1980s) (Redding, Portland, and Oakland).
Past jet service
- Pacific Air Lines flew Boeing 727-100s nonstop to San Francisco and direct to Burbank.
- Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) flew British Aerospace BAe 146-200s nonstop to San Francisco and direct to Los Angeles.
- WestAir (operating as United Express) flew British Aerospace BAe 146-200s nonstop to San Francisco.
- United Airlines flew Boeing 737-200s to San Francisco.
- SkyWest (operating as the Delta Connection) flew Canadair CRJ-200s to Salt Lake City.
- Hughes Airwest (previously Air West) flew Douglas DC-9-10s and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s nonstop to San Francisco and direct to Los Angeles, Phoenix, Tucson, Portland, OR and Seattle. At one point, Hughes Airwest operated direct, no change of plane DC-9 jet service from ACV to Mazatlan and Guadalajara in Mexico via San Francisco, Los Angeles and Tucson.
Pacific Air Lines operated the first jet service into ACV with Boeing 727-100s during the late 1960s. Pacific also served ACV with Fairchild F-27 turboprops.
In 2005 the airport served 102,000 arriving commercial passengers and 104,000 departing on 4,370 departing flights. Horizon carried 66.29% of the passengers with United carrying the rest. The airport shipped 457,000 pounds (207,000 kg) of cargo. The airport had 106,637 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 102,440 in 2009 and 93,402 in 2010.
In the 12 months ending May 31, 2011 the airport had 48,164 aircraft operations, average 131 per day: 53.5% military, 22% general aviation, 20% air taxi, and 4.5% scheduled airline. Eleven aircraft were then based at this airport: 36% multi-engine, 27% single-engine, 27% military, and 9% jet.
Ground transportation
- Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach Dedicated Express Service to Martinez, California connecting with Amtrak California's San Joaquin and Capitol Corridor Trains.
- Airport transit bus stop times - service by Redwood Transit System
- Door-to-Door Airport Shuttle Service, Taxis and rental cars can be arranged at the airport.
Other local airports
- Eureka Municipal Airport
- Kneeland Airport
- Murray Field
- Rohnerville Airport
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