Grand Junction Regional Airport

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Grand Junction Regional Airport Walker Field
IATA: GJT – ICAO: KGJT – FAA: GJT
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Grand Junction Regional Airport Authority
Location		Grand Junction, Colorado
Elevation AMSL		4,858 ft / 1,481 m
Coordinates		39°07′21″N 108°31′36″W / 39.1225, -108.52667
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
4/22	5,502	1,677	Asphalt
11/29	10,501	3,201	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			80,922
Based aircraft			147
Sources: FAA[1] and AP[2]

Grand Junction Regional Airport (IATA: GJT, ICAO: KGJT, FAA LID: GJT)^[3] is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Grand Junction, a city in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. The airport covers 2,357 acres (9.5 km²) and has two runways.^[1] It is the largest airport in western Colorado.^{[citation needed]}

The airport opened in 1930 as Grand Junction Municipal Airport. In 1942 it was renamed Walker Field for Walter Walker, a former publisher of The Daily Sentinel newspaper who helped obtain funds and business support for the airport. The airport and the airport authority were both renamed on May 15, 2007. Grand Junction Regional Airport is undergoing a $20 million renovation, of which $700,000 is designated to pay for signs containing the new name. The airport's terminal and fire building will continue to be named for Walker and a new $19 million roadway under construction will be called Walter Walker Blvd.^[2][4]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Allegiant Air (Las Vegas)
• American Airlines
  • American Eagle (Dallas/Ft. Worth)
• Delta Air Lines
  • Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
• Frontier Airlines
  • Frontier Airlines operated by Lynx Aviation (Denver)
• Great Lakes Airlines (Denver)
• United Airlines
  • United Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Denver)
  • United Express operated by SkyWest (Denver)
• US Airways
  • US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Phoenix)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Walker Field (official site)
• Walker Field at Colorado Department of Transportation
• Grand Junction Regional Airport at WikiMapia
• FAA Airport Diagram(PDF), effective 5 June 2008
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KGJT
  • ASN accident history for GJT
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KGJT
  • FAA current GJT delay information