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As of 2015, Spokane International Airport (GEG) ranks as the 70th-busiest airport in the United States in terms of passenger enplanements. [3] At 4,131,266 total passengers served in 2023, it is the second busiest airport in Washington. GEG is served by six airlines with non-stop service to 15 airports in 13 markets.
When the U.S. Army Air Corps purchases Sunset Field near Spokane, Washington in 1941, it is named Geiger Field in his honor. The Spokane International Airport is designated with the International Air Transport Association airport code GEG in his memory. 16 June
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport: P-L 24,024,908 Spokane: GEG: GEG KGEG Spokane International Airport (Geiger Field) P-S 1,872,781 Walla Walla: ALW: ALW KALW Walla Walla Regional Airport: P-N 49,527 Wenatchee: EAT: EAT KEAT Pangborn Memorial Airport: P-N 64,528 Yakima: YKM: YKM KYKM Yakima Air Terminal (McAllister Field) P-N 69,510
Before 1965, the terminal building sat on the south side of the runways and United, Northwest and West Coast were the only airlines who used the field. Spokane's main airport was built in 1941 as ...
Following the acquisition, it renamed the facility Geiger Field in honor of Major Geiger. In 1946, a portion of the airfield was designated a municipal airport, and commercial airline operations were moved from Felts Field to Geiger Field. In 1960, the facility was renamed Spokane International Airport, but its IATA code remains GEG in honor of ...
Apr. 30—Since the Spokane International Airport's Ground Transportation Center was built about 30 years ago, the needs and preferences of travelers have changed. That has prompted airport ...
Now: Ephrata Municipal Airport (IATA: EPH, ICAO: KEPH, FAA LID: EPH) Geiger/Sunset Field AAF, Spokane; 41st Army Air Force Base Unit Now: Spokane International Airport (IATA: GEG, ICAO: KGEG, FAA LID: GEG) Seven Mile Gunnery Range, Spokane Sub-base of Geiger AAF (7 miles NW of Spokane; may have only been a target field.) Felts Field, Spokane
In September 1927, in conjunction with Spokane's National Air Derby and Air Races, the airport was renamed Felts Field for James Buell Felts (1898–1927) of Opportunity. A Washington Air National Guard aviator and publisher of the Spokane Valley Herald , Lieutenant Felts and his passenger were killed in a crash of a Curtiss Jenny near the ...