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The airport name was changed in 1972 to honor Bert Mooney, an aviator from Butte who was the first to fly mail into Yellowstone National Park in 1935. Prior to this the airport was Butte Municipal Airport (from its opening in 1926) and Silver Bow County Airport from 1960 to 1972.
In 1965, Western claimed in a print advertisement that it was the only air carrier serving the airport which had been rebuilt and expanded into "a brand new, jet-age airport - right at Yellowstone Park". [6] The airline then replaced this turboprop service with Boeing 737-200 jet flights by 1970.
It is in northwestern Wyoming, about 53 miles from the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The airport is owned by the city of Cody and is operated by the Yellowstone Regional Airport Joint Powers Board. This board was established in 1981 and is made up of seven members appointed by the Cody City Council and the Park County Commission. [2]
Between May and mid-October, travelers can fly into Yellowstone Airport in West Yellowstone, Montana, on Delta or United. Year-round, visitors can fly into airports in: Cody and Jackson, Wyoming
Gallatin Field was renamed Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in late 2011 to associate it with Yellowstone National Park. [9] International flights have been allowed since 2012, after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility opened on July 1. The project was funded in cooperation with Signature Flight Support and the Yellowstone Club.
Yellowstone National Park is a national park of the United States located in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho.It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress through the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872.
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