Wendover Airport

The airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 46,264 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 50,360 enplanements in 2009, and 50,734 in 2010. In 2019, the last full year of charter service by Swift Air, ENV logged 52,748 passenger boardings before dropping to 10,824 in 2020, after which charter service ceased. ==History==

Military The Wendover Airport is located at the site of the former Wendover Air Force Base, which ceased most military operations in the mid-1960s. Civilian Wendover AAF was declared surplus in 1976 and on June 16 most of the field, including the water system, was turned over to Wendover, Utah, as a municipal airport. Beginning in 1980, the 4440th Tactical Fighter Training Group (Red Flag) at Nellis AFB, Nevada, used the field for exercises, but they were discontinued after 1986. In the late 1990s the airport's ownership was transferred from the city of Wendover to Tooele County. Still-extant facilities include three paved runways, numerous ramps, taxiways, dispersal pads, all of the original hangars (including the "Enola Gay" B-29 hangar), and 75 other World War II–era buildings. Several flying scenes for the 1997 movie Con Air were filmed at Wendover, using a Fairchild C-123K Provider. A non-profit group, Historic Wendover Airfield, is attempting to restore the historic elements of the field. The airport received a $1.2 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to resurface its runways in September 2002. As a result of a federal grant and donations by local casinos the airport acquired a new fire truck in 2013. ==Facilities and aircraft==

Wendover Airport covers an area of 1,960 acres (793 ha) at an elevation of 4,237 feet (1,291 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 8/26 is 10,002 by 150 feet (3,049 x 46 m) and 12/30 is 8,002 by 100 feet (2,439 x 30 m). ==Historical airline service ==

As of February 2022, there are no scheduled airline service to Wendover. Swift Air offered charter flights to various cities across the United States and Canada from Wendover using Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737-400 aircraft, as part of a package deal to bring tourists to local casinos. However, these charter flights were discontinued during the 2020 covid pandemic and as of 2023 have not resumed, leaving the passenger terminal vacant. ==See also==