Waterloo Regional Airport

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Waterloo Regional Airport

IATA: ALO – ICAO: KALO – FAA: ALO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Waterloo
Serves		Waterloo, Iowa
Elevation AMSL		873 ft / 266 m
Coordinates		42°33′25″N 092°24′01″W / 42.55694, -92.40028
Website		www.FlyALO.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
12/30	8,400	2,560	Asphalt
18/36	6,002	1,829	Asphalt
6/24	5,403	1,647	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			46,833
Based aircraft			94
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

FAA airport diagram

Waterloo Regional Airport (IATA: ALO, ICAO: KALO, FAA LID: ALO) is a city-owned public-use airport located four miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Waterloo, a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States.^[1] It is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by one commercial airline.

1 Overview
2 Facilities and aircraft
3 Airline and destination
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Overview

The Waterloo Regional Airport recently completed over $10 million in renovations to its facility, including the addition of a jet bridge. Northwest Airlink has been the airport's only carrier for several years and offers just four daily flights to Minneapolis-Saint Paul. However, numerous carriers did operate at ALO during the 1980s and 1990s, including American Eagle, United Express, Transworld Express, Midway Connection, and Air Midwest (dba Eastern Express). Competition from nearby airports, especially The Eastern Iowa airport in Cedar Rapids, forced these carriers to eventually drop service from Waterloo Regional. Northwest Airlines attempted mainline jet service from Waterloo using DC-9s, but the number of passengers was insufficient to maintain profitability. Currently, Northwest Airlink operates one regional jet flight per day (a Canadair Regional Jet) in addition to three daily flights utilizing a Saab-Fairchild 340 turboprop.

The Waterloo Regional Airport has been actively seeking an additional carrier to compliment the current Northwest Airlines service and has been stated to announce a second carrier for the airport. There's no timetable as to when that second airline could arrive but airport officials are hoping an announcement can be made before the summer travel season.^[2]

An announcement of discussions regarding potential service with Allegiant Air was made at the Waterloo Regional Airport board meeting Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008.^[3]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Waterloo Regional Airport covers an area of 2,583 acres (1,045 ha) which contains three asphalt paved runways: 12/30 measuring 8,400 x 150 ft. (2,560 x 46 m), 18/36 measuring 6,002 x 150 ft. (1,829 x 46 m) and 6/24 measuring 5,403 x 129 ft. (1,647 x 39 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2006, the airport had 46,833 aircraft operations, an average of 128 per day: 66% general aviation, 13% military, 11% scheduled commercial and 10% air taxi. At that time there were 94 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 3% jet and 10% military.^[1]