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Fresno Yosemite International Airport , formerly Fresno Air Terminal, is a joint civil-military public airport in eastern Fresno, in Fresno County, California. Despite its name the airport is more than south of Yosemite National Park on California State Route 41, although it is the closest airfield with scheduled jets. The airport covers and has two runways and one helipad. It is the air transport center for the San Joaquin Valley, with flights to airline hubs throughout the Western United States. International flights to Mexico are available through Aeromexico and Volaris. It is also home to Fresno Air National Guard Base and the 144th Fighter Wing (144 FW) of the California Air National Guard. ==History== The airfield opened in June 1942. During World War II the airfield was known as Hammer Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces' Fourth Air Force. Hammer Field was a training base and had three sub-bases and two gunnery ranges. The airfield was renamed Fresno Air Terminal, and retained a military cantonment area for an Army Air Forces unit of the National Guard that became a unit of the Air National Guard when the U.S. Air Force was established as a separate service in 1947. Today the California Air National Guard 144th Fighter Wing (144 FW) occupies two separate parcels of land at the airport—the main base area and the Munitions Storage Area. These areas of the airport are known as the Fresno Air National Guard Base. This military unit currently operates F-15 "Eagle" jet fighters, and previously operated F-16C "Fighting Falcon" and F-4D "Phantom" jet interceptor aircraft. 〔(1954 airport diagram )〕〔(1950s aerial photo )〕 Trans World Airlines (TWA) and United Airlines flights to San Francisco/Oakland and Los Angeles moved from Chandler Field (now Fresno Chandler Executive Airport) to Fresno Air Terminal in 1947; TWA dropped Fresno in 1963. In 1988 the FAA designated the airport an "International Point of Entry", allowing international flights. In 1996 the airport's name was changed to attract out-of-state and international visitors to Yosemite National Park. The airport applied for a new FAA identifier code when its name was changed, however the FAA will only assign a new airport identifier code when an airport physically moves to another location, such as in 1995 when Denver Airport moved from Stapleton (DEN to DVX). Since its opening, the airport has gone through multiple renovations and expansions. In 2002, a new two-level concourse building designed by DMJM Aviation was completed and in 2006 construction of a new Federal Inspection Facility (FIS) was completed. Fresno has been headquarters for at least three airlines. In the mid 1990s Air 21 flew Fokker F28 Fellowship jets to several destinations including nonstop to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and San Francisco, and direct to Colorado Springs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Air 21 Mar. 4, 1996 system timetable and route map )〕 Allegiant Air also called Fresno home but then moved its headquarters to Las Vegas. In 2000, Allegiant was operating McDonnell Douglas DC-9 jet service nonstop to Las Vegas and Long Beach.〔http://www.departedflights.com, June 1, 2000 Allegiant Air route map〕 Far West Airlines was also based in Fresno and in 1984 was operating a small intrastate hub at the airport with nonstop flights to the California destinations of Burbank, Los Angeles, Modesto, Oakland, Orange County, Sacramento and San Jose as well as one stop direct flights to Ontario via Burbank, all flown with 60-passenger seat NAMC YS-11 turboprop aircraft.〔http://www.departedflights.com, Sept. 17, 1984 route map〕 United Airlines was a major player at the airport for many years, operating Boeing 727-100, Boeing 727-200, Boeing 737-200, Boeing 737-300 and Douglas DC-8 jets. United even flew stretched Douglas Super DC-8 series 61 (DC-8-61) flights to Denver, San Francisco and Los Angeles. With over 200 seats these DC-8-61s were the largest airliners ever scheduled into Fresno. United Airlines remains the longest continuously-operating carrier out of Fresno Yosemite International Airport with daily non-stop flights to Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco although all United service is currently flown by regional airline partner SkyWest operating as United Express via a code sharing agreement.〔http://www.unitedairlines.com, system timetable〕 Other jet airlines that served Fresno in the past included Pacific Air Lines with Boeing 727-100s, Hughes Airwest (previously Air West) with Douglas DC-9-10 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s, Republic Airlines with Boeing 727-200s, Douglas DC-9-10s and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s, Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) with Boeing 727-100, 727-200, 737-200, British Aerospace BAe 146-200s and McDonnell Douglas MD80s, Western Airlines with Boeing 727-200, 737-200 and 737-300s, Delta Air Lines with Boeing 727-200 and 737-300s, the original Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) with Boeing 737-200s, Continental Airlines with Boeing 737-200 and 737-300s, AirCal (previously Air California) with Boeing 737-200s, Morris Air with Boeing 737-300s, Pacific Express with Boeing 737-200s and British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Elevens, and Jet America Airlines with McDonnell Douglas MD80s. Pacific Air Lines was the first airline to schedule jets into Fresno when it initiated Boeing 727-100 service nonstop to both Los Angeles and San Francisco in 1966. In the 1990s there was a shift to smaller regional jet and turboprop aircraft; however, mainline jets have recently been returning to Fresno. Mainline jet aircraft currently serving Fresno include the long-standing McDonnell Douglas MD80 service nonstop to Dallas/Ft. Worth operated by American Airlines. Allegiant Air flies McDonnell Douglas MD80s nonstop to Las Vegas and also operates Boeing 757-200 nonstops to Honolulu. Aeromexico flies Boeing 737s while Volaris operates Airbus A319s with both airlines flying nonstop to Guadalajara, Mexico. Delta Air Lines had announced new flights to Fresno from Atlanta; however, this service was then cancelled before it began. The current version of Frontier Airlines was flying nonstop Airbus A319 service to Denver three days a week but has since abandoned this service. Direct international service from Fresno ended when Mexicana ceased operations in August 2010 to Guadalajara International Airport, Mexico. However, international flights returned when Volaris and Aeromexico restored service between Fresno and Guadalajara in April 2011. Fresno is the largest city in the continental United States not served by Southwest Airlines. Morris Air operated Boeing 737-300s into the airport but ceased all service after the airline was acquired by Southwest Airlines. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fresno Yosemite International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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