Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field (IATA: COE, ICAO: KCOE, FAA LID: COE) is a county-owned public-use airport, located in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is located nine miles (14 km) northwest of the central business district of Coeur d'Alene[1][2] and is surrounded by the city of Hayden on three sides.

Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field
IATA: COE ICAO: KCOE FAA LID: COE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Kootenai County
Serves	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Location	Kootenai County, Idaho
Hub for	Empire Airlines
Elevation AMSL	2,320 ft / 707 m
Website	www.kcgov.us/160/Airport
Map
COE Location of airport in Idaho / United States Show map of Idaho COE COE (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6/24 7,400 2,256 Asphalt 2/20 5,400 1,646 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 123,048 Based aircraft 186
Sources: airport website[1] and FAA[2]

The airport was known as Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal until September 2007, when it was renamed Coeur d'Alene Airport / Pappy Boyington Field to honor World War II multiple ace Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (1912–1988), a Medal of Honor recipient born in Coeur d'Alene.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

History

Built as Coeur d'Alene Municipal Airport in 1942 by the Corps of Engineers, it was equipped with two 5,400 ft x 500 ft. runways, the asphalt paving of which began in July 1942. A taxiway was also constructed, 5,400 ft. x 150 ft., but only paved to a width of 50 ft. The $357,729 paving contract was let to Roy S. Bair, of Spokane, Washington. A contract for electrical lighting for the field went to H. C. Moss, of Wenatchee, Washington, in the amount of $15,198.[9]

Facilities and aircraft

Coeur d'Alene Airport covers an area of 1,140 acres (4.6 km²) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 measuring 7,400 ft × 100 ft (2,256 m × 30 m) and 2/20 measuring 5,400 ft × 75 ft (1,646 m × 23 m)[2][10]

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 123,048 aircraft operations, an average of 337 per day: 77% general aviation, 22% air taxi and 1% military. There are 186 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 5% jet, 5% helicopter, 1% ultralight and <1% glider.[2]

References

External links

• Official site
• Coeur d'Alene Airport Association
• Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal at Idaho Transportation Department
• at Federal Aviation Administration
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for COE
  • AirNav airport information for KCOE
  • ASN accident history for COE
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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