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Tulsa International Airport
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Coordinates: 36°11′54″N 095°53′17″W / 36.19833, -95.88806
Tulsa International Airport (IATA: TUL, ICAO: KTUL, FAA LID: TUL) is a city-owned public-use airport located five miles (8 km) northeast of the central business district of Tulsa, a city in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States.[1]
The 138th Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard is based here. The airport is the global maintenance headquarters for American Airlines.
During WWII, Air Force Plant No. 3 was built on the southeast side of the airport, and Douglas Aircraft manufactured several types of aircraft there. After the war, this facility was used by Douglas (later McDonnell Douglas) and Rockwell International (later Boeing) for aircraft manufacturing, modification, repair, and research.[2] IC Corporation now manufactures school buses in part of this building.[3]
In Addition, American Airlines owns and operates a multi-check maintinence facility on the East side of the airfield, adjacent to the 138th Wing OKANG facility. It is American's largest maintinence facility in the United States, it also provides similar services under contract for several international airlines.
Facilities and aircraft
Tulsa International Airport covers an area of 4,360 acres (1,764 ha) which contains three paved runways:[1]
- Runway 18L/36R: 10,000 x 200 ft (3,048 x 61 m), Surface: Concrete
- Runway 18R/36L: 6,100 x 150 ft (1,860 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 8/26: 7,375 x 150 ft (2,248 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 129,014 aircraft operations, an average of 353 per day: 35% general aviation, 26% air taxi, 25% scheduled commercial and 13% military. There are 167 aircraft based at this airport: 32% single-engine , 22% multi-engine, 31% jet, 2% helicopter and 13% military.[1]
Frequencies
Tower
- Tulsa Tower 121.2 Runways (18L-36R, 8-26) 118.7 (18R-36L)
- ATIS 124.9
- Ground 121.9
- Clearance Delevery 134.05
Runways
- ILS
- 36R 110.3
- 18L 109.7
- 18R 111.1
- 26 114.4 (DME)
- 8 114.4 (DME)[4]
Airlines and destinations
Tulsa International Airport offers non-stop service to 23 domestic destinations/airports.[5]
Concourse A
Concourse B
- Southwest Airlines Gates 55, 57-59 (Dallas-Love, Denver [begins November 2], Houston-Hobby, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Phoenix, St. Louis)
- United Airlines Gate 56 (Denver)
Charter air service
- Allegiant Air Gate 56 (Las Vegas, Laughlin/Bullhead City, Reno/Lake Tahoe)
Cargo
In addition to cargo service provided by commercial air carriers, TUL is also served by:
Military
The Air National Guard 138th Fighter Wing is based at Tulsa International Airport.
Airport management
- Jeff Mulder, A.A.E. – Director of Airports
- Alexis Higgins – Deputy Director of Marketing
- Jeff Hough – Deputy Director of Engineering and Facilities
- Ken Miller – Deputy Director of Operations
- Carl Remus – Deputy Director of Administration and Finance
Industrial Land Development
Tulsa Airport Authority, in 2008, has begun a new Industrial Land Development project. Aerospace is one of the Oklahoma's largest industry clusters with 400 companies that directly or indirectly employ more than 143,000 people with a payroll of $4.7 billion and an industrial output of $11.7 billion. Tulsa is ranked 8th nationally for the size of its aerospace engines manufacturing cluster and 20th for its defense-related cluster.
TUL's central location in the midwest is easily accessible by a multi-modal transportation network. With a total of 4,000 acres and 14,000 on-airport employees, it's clear that TUL is the region's core of aerospace activity, and an ideal location for additional aerospace business operations. Six sites totaling over 700 acres of real estate will be developed. Each of the sites can be divided in to smaller lots to meet any organization's individual needs.[6]
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