Evansville Regional Airport
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Evansville Regional Airport (IATA: EVV, ICAO: KEVV, FAA LID: EVV) is three miles north of Evansville, in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. It is owned and operated by the Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District.[2]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Evansville metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Evansville, Indiana, United States | ||||||||||||||||||
Opened | October 1928; 95 years ago (1928-10)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 422 ft / 129 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°02′18″N 087°31′51″W | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.flyevv.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport say EVV's annual traffic grew by nearly seven percent in 2018, in comparison to passenger counts the previous year. EVV reports that through December 2018, year-to-date enplanements, or passengers departing from EVV, totaled 235,082, surpassing the prior year's traffic that totaled 220,046 passengers. EVV's total number of travelers, which includes the passengers who flew in to EVV from other airports, also grew last year, to nearly a half million people annually. EVV's passenger traffic has grown by 35 percent in only four years.[3] It is the fourth largest airport in the State of Indiana after Fort Wayne International Airport, South Bend International Airport, and Indianapolis International Airport.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 calls it a non-hub primary service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).