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Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport is a city owned, public use airport located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) south of the central business district of Tulsa, a city in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States.〔 It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility and reliever airport for Tulsa International Airport. Jones Airport is one of the busiest in the United States. In 2005, it had 347,000 operations, enough to rank it fourth among general aviation (GA) airports and thirtieth among all airports, according to a 2007 FAA report. It also was the busiest in Oklahoma, outranking both Will Rogers World Airport and Tulsa International.〔Brockway, p. 40.〕 == History == In the 1950s, the city of Tulsa decided to build a second airport to alleviate congestion around Tulsa International Airport. A consulting group hired by the city performed a site selection study. In February, 1955, the group recommended a site on the west side of the Arkansas River, just north of Jenks, Oklahoma. The proposed facility was called Riverside Airport. Construction began in 1957.The airport was renamed in 1978 for Richard Lloyd Jones, late publisher of the ''Tulsa Tribune''.〔Brockway, p. 39.〕 R.L. Jones, Jr. Airport (RVS) opened on July 3, 1958. At that time, the airport had one long runway, an aircraft ramp, and one concrete building. By 1965, there were enough operations to justify building an air traffic control tower. The number of take-offs and landings exceeded 300,000 in 1978. In 1989, the airport installed an instrument landing system (ILS).〔Brockway, p. 39〕 Throughout the past fifty years, the airport has grown to become a hub of business and economic activity for the Tulsa region. It now includes three runways, over two hundred commercial and private hangars, and over 500 based aircraft. In 2008, RVS was the fifth busiest general aviation airport in the country.〔http://www.airportjournals.com/Adsales/Public/Top_100_GA_Airports_2008.pdf〕 Much of the airport's activity comes directly from its seven flight schools. Including Tulsa Community College Professional Pilot School and Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology.〔http://tulsaairports.com/index.cfm?id=11〕 On 1 April 2011 an MD-80 donated by American Airlines was flown to the airport to replace the aging Boeing 727 then used for training Tulsa Technology Center students.〔http://www.newson6.com/story/14187884/tulsa-tech-gets-retired-american-airline-md-80〕〔http://www.newson6.com/story/14363989/american-airlines-passenger-plane-to-land-at-tulsas-jones-riverside-airport〕〔http://www.newson6.com/story/14643440/tulsa-tech-dedicates-new-md-80-from-american-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「Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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