Glasgow Airport (U.S.)
Glasgow Airport (IATA: GGW, ICAO: KGGW, TC LID: GGW), also known as Wokal Field/Glasgow International Airport, is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Glasgow, a city in Valley County, Montana, United States. It is owned by the city and county. The airport is served by one commercial airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 343 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 1,156 enplanements in 2009, and 1,630 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).
Scheduled air service temporarily ceased on March 8, 2008, when Big Sky Airlines ended operations in bankruptcy. Great Lakes Airlines was given USDOT approval to take over Essential Air Service (EAS) and flights began in 2009. Service is currently provided under EAS contract by Silver Airways (formerly Gulfstream International Airlines).
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