Key_west_international_airport

Coordinates: 24°33′22″N 081°45′34″W / 24.55611, -81.75944

Key West International Airport (IATA: EYW, ICAO: KEYW, FAA LID: EYW) is a county-owned public airport located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district of Key West, in Monroe County, Florida, United States.

The IATA code starts from the second letter of the name (Key West) because initial "K" is a reserved block; the ICAO code restores the K in the identification as "K" is the first position ICAO code used for airports located in the Continental United States. Flights departing from EYW often have strict weight or baggage restrictions due to the short length of the runway.

Facilities and aircraft

Key West International Airport covers an area of 255 acres (103 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (9/27) measuring 4,801 x 100 ft (1,463 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 94,408 aircraft operations, an average of 258 per day: 51% general aviation, 29% air taxi, 14% military and 6% scheduled commercial. There are 43 aircraft based at this airport: 70% single-engine, 28% multi-engine and 2% jet.

Airlines and destinations

Conch Republic sign at the Key West Internatinal Airport

• American Airlines
  • American Eagle operated by Executive Air (Miami)
• Cape Air (Naples) [seasonal]
• Chalk\'s International Airlines (Fort Lauderdale)
• Continental Airlines
  • Continental Connection operated by Cape Air (Fort Myers)
  • Continental Connection operated by Gulfstream International Airlines (Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, West Palm Beach)
• Delta Air Lines
  • Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
  • Delta Connection operated by Freedom Airlines (Orlando, Tampa)
• Key West Seaplane (Dry Tortugas)
• SeaCoast Airlines (St. Petersburg/Clearwater)
• US Airways
  • US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Fort Lauderdale, Orlando) [seasonal]
  • US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines (Charlotte)
• Island Express Airlines operates charters (Fort Lauderdale)

References

External links

• Key West International Airport page at Monroe County website
• Key West International AirportPDF (883 KiB) brochure from CFASPP (April 2005)
• Key West International Airport at WikiMapia
• FAA Airport Diagram(PDF), effective 14 February 2008
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KEYW
  • ASN accident history for EYW
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KEYW
  • FAA current EYW delay information

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