Jamestown Regional Airport

Jamestown Regional Airport (IATA: JMS, ICAO: KJMS, FAA LID: JMS) is two miles northeast of Jamestown, in Stutsman County, North Dakota. It is owned by the Jamestown Regional Airport Authority[1] and was formerly Jamestown Municipal Airport.[2] It is used for general aviation and sees one airline, with flights twice each weekday and once on Saturdays and Sundays. Scheduled passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Jamestown Regional Airport

Admiral Don Weiss Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerJamestown Regional Airport Authority
ServesJamestown, North Dakota
Elevation AMSL1,500 ft / 457 m
Coordinates46°55′47″N 098°40′42″W
WebsiteFlyJamestown.net
Map
JMS
JMS
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 6,502 1,982 Asphalt
4/22 5,750 1,753 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations37,252
Based aircraft51

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 2,769 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 3,471 in 2009 and 4,434 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011-2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).

Facilities

The airport covers 1,500 acres (607 ha) at an elevation of 1,500 feet (457 m). It has two asphalt runways: 13/31 is 6,502 by 100 feet (1,982 x 30 m) and 4/22 is 5,750 by 75 feet (1,753 x 23 m).[1]

In 2010 the airport had 37,252 aircraft operations, average 102 per day: 85% general aviation, 11% air taxi, 4% airline and <1% military. 51 aircraft were then based at this airport: 96% single-engine, 2% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter.[1]

Airline and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
United Express Denver, Devils Lake (ND)

Historical Airline Service

Northwest Airlines began flying to Jamestown in 1947; its first scheduled jets were in 1968.

Jamestown Aviation, Inc began five day a week service on May 17, 1978 between Jamestown and Minneapolis, Minnesota with one daily round trip on a six passenger twin-engine aircraft. This was in response to a Northwest pilot's strike that started on April 30, 1978 and the cancellation of Crystal Shamrock Airlines service on a route from Minneapolis, Fargo, Jamestown and Bismarck, North Dakota.[3]

Statistics
Top domestic destinations: (Sep 2016 - Aug 2017)[4]
Rank Airport Passengers Airline
1 Denver International (DEN) 10,000 United Express
2 Devils Lake (DVL) 1,000 United Express

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for JMS PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "Jamestown Municipal Airport". City of Jamestown. Archived from the original on August 24, 2007.
  3. "N.D. airline begins service to Minneapolis". Minneapolis Tribune. May 18, 1978. p. 9a.
  4. http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=JMS&Airport_Name=Jamestown, ND: Jamestown Regional&carrier=FACTS

Other sources
  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-1997-2785) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2005-11-17 (November 22, 2005): selecting Mesaba Aviation, Inc., d/b/a Mesaba Airlines, to provide essential air service with Saab 340 aircraft at Devils Lake and Jamestown, North Dakota, for two years for annual subsidy rates of $1,329,858 at Devils Lake and $1,351,677 at Jamestown ($2,681,535 annually for both points combined).
    • Order 2007-8-16 (August 17, 2007): re-selects Mesaba Aviation, Inc., d/b/a Mesaba Airlines, operating as Northwest AirLink, to provide essential air service with Saab 340 aircraft at Devils Lake and Jamestown, North Dakota, for the two-year period of October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008, for annual subsidy rates of $1,331,664 at Devils Lake and $1,355,011 at Jamestown ($2,685,675 annually for both points combined).
    • Order 2009-8-6 (August 11, 2009): re-selecting Mesaba Aviation, Inc., d/b/a Delta Connection, to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) with Saab 340 aircraft at Devils Lake and Jamestown, North Dakota, for the two-year period of October 1, 2009, through September 30, 2011, for annual subsidy rates of $1,459,493 at Devils Lake and $1,963,220 at Jamestown ($3,422,713 annually for both points combined).
    • Ninety Day Notice (July 15, 2011): of Mesaba Aviation, Inc. and Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. of termination of service at Devils Lake, ND and Jamestown, ND.
    • Order 2012-1-17 (January 23, 2012): selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Jamestown, North Dakota, for an annual subsidy of $1,987,655, effective with the start of service by Great Lakes. We anticipate that Great Lakes will start service on or about March 12, 2012.
    • Order 2014-1-19 (January 30, 2014): selecting SkyWest Airlines (SkyWest) to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Devils Lake, North Dakota, for $3,224,917 annually, and Jamestown, North Dakota, for $3,126,564 annually, with service set at eleven (11) nonstop or one-stop round trips per week at each community to Denver International Airport (DEN).
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