Coeur d'Alene Airport

47°46′28″N 116°49′10″W

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
Maps
FAA airport diagram
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6/24 7,400 2,256 Asphalt 2/20 5,400 1,646 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations 123,052 Based aircraft 294
Sources: airport website[1] and FAA[2]

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.

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 December 31, 2018, the airport had 123,052 aircraft operations, an average of 337 per day: 77% general aviation, 22% air taxi, 1% military, and <1% airline. There were 294 aircraft based at this airport: 253 single-engine, 18 multi-engine, 12 jet, 5 helicopter, 4 ultralight and 2 glider.^[2]

Sign on the perimeter fence of the Coeur D'Alene (Idaho) Airport

See also

• List of airports in Idaho

References

1. Coeur d'Alene Airport Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, official website
2. FAA Airport Form 5010 for COE PDF, effective 2023-07-13
3. Tom Greene (2007-09-20). "Airport renaming to feature flyover". Coeur d'Alene Press.
4. Terry Stephens (September 2007). "Marines Win Long Campaign to Name Idaho Airport for "Pappy" Boyington". Airport Journals. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
5. Curless, Erica (June 19, 2007). "Persistent Boyington backers try again". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B1.
6. Curless, Erica (August 8, 2007). "CdA airport renamed for 'Pappy'". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B3.
7. Prager, Mike (September 23, 2007). "In proud landing, it's Pappy Boyington Field". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B1.
8. Hagengruber, James (October 6, 2007). "Marines proud of airport's name". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B1.
9. Associated Press, "Work Is Rushed On Big Airport", The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Tuesday 9 June 1942, Volume 60, Number 26, page 7.
10. AIRNAV

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