Wendover Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located one mile (1.6 km) southeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 (CBD) of Wendover

Wendover, Utah

Wendover is a city in Tooele County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,537 at the 2000 census, with a 2006 estimated population of 1,632....

, a city in Tooele County

Tooele County, Utah

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, Utah

Utah

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, USA.

Civilian

Wendover AAF was declared surplus in 1976 and on 16 June, most of the field, including the water system, was turned over to Wendover, Utah, as a municipal airport. Beginning in 1980, the 4440th Tactical Fighter Training Group (Red Flag) at Nellis AFB, Nevada, used the field for exercises, but they were discontinued after 1986. In the late 1990s the airport's ownership was transferred from the city of Wendover to Tooele County.

Still-extant facilities include three paved runways, numerous ramps, taxiways, dispersal pads, all of the original hangars (including the "Enola Gay" B-29 hangar), and 75 other World War II-era buildings.

Several flying scenes for the 1997 movie "Con Air

Con Air

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" were filmed at Wendover, using a Fairchild C-123K Provider. A non-profit group, Historic Wendover Airfield, is attempting to restore the historic elements of the field.

Facilities

Wendover Airport covers 1960 acres (7.9 km²) and has two runway

Runway

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• Runway 8/26: 8,000 x 150 ft (2,438 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
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• Runway 12/30: 8,001 x 100 ft (2,439 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

Airlines and destinations

Currently, there is no scheduled airline service to Wendover. However, Sun Country Airlines

Sun Country Airlines

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 and Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air

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 offer charter flights to various cities across the United States from Wendover using Boeing 737-800 and McDonnell Douglas MD-87, respectively, aircraft as part of a package deal to bring tourists to local casinos. On average, the airport will sees one charter flight per day.