Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (IATA: SHD, ICAO: KSHD, FAA LID: SHD) is a public airport located 10 nautical miles (12 mi, 19 km) northeast of the central business district of Staunton, a city in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
The airport, situated in Weyers Cave, Virginia, is operated by the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Commission, which consists of members from the cities of Staunton, Waynesboro and Harrisonburg, and the counties of Augusta and Rockingham.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 7,746 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 8,364 enplanements in 2009, and 10,408 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011-2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008/2009 (between 2,500 and 10,000 per year).
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Facilities and aircraft
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport covers an area of 433 acres (175 ha) at an elevation of 1,201 feet (366 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,002 by 150 feet (1,829 x 46 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 18,223 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 85% general aviation, 14% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 67 aircraft based at this airport: 60% single-engine, 25% multi-engine, 8% jet, 5% helicopter, and 3% ultralight.
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History
Early history
Rockingham County, Augusta County, the City of Harrisonburg, the City of Waynesboro, and the City of Staunton formed an airport commission to build a regional airport in the 1950s. Construction of the airport was completed in 1958, and Piedmont Airlines began service using war-surplus DC-3s in 1960.
Additions and renovations
In 1991, a $900,000 renovation project was completed. The commuter terminal was enlarged by 4,000 square feet (370 m2) and lounge space, secure areas, and concession areas were added.
In 1993, Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Commission closed its 25-year-old aircraft maintenance shop because it was barely breaking even in costs. The Commission decided that a private company, Classic Aviation Services Inc., would provide aircraft maintenance services at the airport.
In 1996, Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport completed a $2 million project to enlarge public-use areas of the terminal, add an observation area, expand the apron, and add new hangars.
A regional visitor information center was added to the airport in 1996.
Transportation Security Administration took over security screening at the airport in August 2002.
In September 2003, Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport was awarded a $100,000 federal grant to add on-demand ground transportation within Rockingham County and Augusta County.
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport began free bus service between the airport and Harrisonburg, Staunton, and Waynesboro in March 2004. Bus stops included James Madison University, Eastern Mennonite University, and a Courtyard by Marriott in Harrisonburg.
The airport was awarded a $4.6 million federal grant to repair its runways in May 2004. A $2.9 million federal grant to repair the airport's taxiway was awarded in July 2005.
The airport repaired its transient aircraft aprons with a $1.2 million federal grant in 2009.
The airport completed a $2 million project to add seating and lobby space for passengers, add space for security inspectors, add modern restrooms compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act, replace its 50-year-old new mechanical and utility systems.
The airport received a $1.6 million federal grant to buy two snow removal vehicles and an airport fire-rescue vehicle in August 2016.
Commercial airline service
Chatauqua Airlines ran US Airways Express' connector service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport from July 1996 to June 2000.
United Express began service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport in April 2000. United Express service at the airport ended in December 2001.
Air Midwest offered US Airways Express' connector service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport in June 2000. Its service ended in April 2003. Colgan Air began offering US Airways Express' connector service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport in April 2003, when the airport became eligible for federal subsidies under the Essential Air Service program. The service to Pittsburgh ended in July 2004 when US Airways downgraded Pittsburgh's status from a hub to a focus city.
US Airways Express restarted service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport in April 2005. Colgan Air started offering service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport in February 2008.
In 2011, Roanoke's representative to Congress Bob Goodlatte advocated ending a federal subsidy program called Essential Air Service that made it financially viable for private airlines to offer service to small airports such as Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport.
In 2012, Colgan Air ended service to Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport after the carrier's parent company declared bankruptcy in 2012. The service was replaced by Silver Airways in July 2012. Silver Airways' service to the airport ended in November 2016.
Frontier Airlines began service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Orlando International Airport in November 2012. The service was canceled in April 2013.
ViaAir began flights between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in September 2016. ViaAir also began flights from Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport to Orlando Sanford International Airport.
Incidents
In June 2013, an inmate of the Virginia Department of Corrections escaped from a landscaping work program based at Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport. United States Marshals Service recaptured the inmate in Washington, D.C., nine hours later.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:
Top destinations
References
Bibliography
External links
- Official website
- Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport on Facebook
- Aerial image as of March 1989 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for SHD, effective October 12, 2017
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for SHD
- AirNav airport information for KSHD
- ASN accident history for SHD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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