Corpus Christi International Airport
Corpus Christi International Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Corpus Christi | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Corpus Christi Department of Aviation | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Corpus Christi, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 44 ft / 13 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°46′13″N 097°30′04″W / 27.77028°N 97.50111°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | wow.corpuschristiairport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Corpus Christi International Airport (IATA: CRP, ICAO: KCRP, FAA LID: CRP) is six miles west of Corpus Christi, in Nueces County, Texas.[1] It opened in 1960, replacing Cliff Maus airport at 27°46′01″N 97°26′24″W / 27.767°N 97.44°W, where the Lozano Golf Center is now.
The airport's six-gate 165,000 sq ft (15,300 m2) Hayden W. Head Terminal, designed by Gensler, opened on November 3, 2002 with a theme of "When the Sun Meets the Sea."[2]
The airport has tried to attract airline service from Mexico, the latest attempt being in 2005. It had reached an agreement with Mexican airline Aeromar which planned to fly ATR 42s two or three times a week to Monterrey and had received U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) approval. But in a later letter to USDOT, Aeromar stated it would not seek renewal of the permit.[citation needed] Aeromar serves McAllen, TX with nonstop flights to Mexico City.[3] In 1974 Texas International Airlines was flying Douglas DC-9-10s between Corpus Christi and Mexico City via McAllen, TX and DC-9s twice a week to Tampico and Veracruz via McAllen in 1975.[4][5] In 1967 Mexicana de Aviacion Douglas DC-6s flew nonstop to Mexico City via Monterrey three days a week.[6]
United Express and Southwest Airlines often divert to the airport when Houston weather is bad.[citation needed]
With the arrival of the Chautauqua Airlines (United Express) Canadair CRJ-200 (with many Chautauqua - United Express flights in the region at the time), the airline established a crew base with about 75 pilots and flight attendants in Corpus Christi. Chautauqua closed this crew base in November 2008 and their CRJs no longer operate United Express flights to Corpus Christi. In May 2016, all United Express flights at Corpus Christi are Mesa Airlines Embraer ERJ-175s or ExpressJet Airlines Embraer ERJ-145.[7] The Dallas-Corpus Christi route will begin Aug. 10, 2019. Southwest will offer one daily round-trip flight between the cities each Saturday. Southwest last flew the route nonstop in 1986.
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Primary Nonhub[edit]
Corpus Christi International Airport is classified as a Commercial Service, Primary, Nonhub Airport. For Corpus Christi International to be a Commercial Service Primary Airport it must be a public airport with scheduled passenger service and must enplane at least 10000 passengers annually. The designation as a Nonhub Airport means that Corpus Christi International enplanes at less than .05% of the total annual U.S. passenger enplanements.[8] No airlines use Corpus Christi as a hub.
Facilities[edit]
The airport covers 2,457 acres (994 ha) at an elevation of 44 feet (13 m). It has two asphalt runways: 13/31 is 7,510 by 150 feet (2,289 x 46 m) and 18/36 is 6,080 by 150 feet (1,853 x 46 m).[1]
In 2017 the airport had 97,012 aircraft operations, average 266 per day: 66% military, 18% general aviation, 8% air taxi and 8% airline, 65 aircraft were then based at the airport: 43% single-engine, 37% multi-engine, 14% jet, 5% helicopter and 2% glider.[1]
Airlines and destinations[edit]
Corpus Christi International Airport has six gates, two of which (Gates 4 and 6) have direct access to the U.S. Customs office. The airport has five jetways and a sixth gate with stairs.
Passenger[edit]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| American Eagle | Dallas/Fort Worth |
| Southwest Airlines | Houston–Hobby Seasonal: Dallas–Love [9] |
| United Express | Houston–Intercontinental |
Top destinations[edit]
| Rank | Airports | Passengers | Carriers |
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| 1 | Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas | 122,000 | American |
| 2 | Houston–Hobby, Texas | 100,000 | Southwest |
| 3 | Houston–Intercontinental, Texas | 91,000 | United |
| 4 | Dallas–Love Field, Texas | 5,000 | Southwest |
American Airlines August 2017 schedules show all American Eagle flights between the airport and Dallas/Fort Worth using Canadair CRJ-900s flown by Mesa Airlines. Earlier in 2017 American had a daily McDonnell Douglas MD-80 flight; daily McDonnell Douglas MD-80 service resumed in Summer 2018. [10]
All Southwest Airlines flights at Corpus Christi are on Boeing 737s; Southwest has 737-700s and 737-800s. Southwest is the only all-main-line airline at Corpus Christi; American Airlines and United Airlines have seasonal main line flights, AA to Dallas and UA to Houston.
The United Airlines May 2, 2016 flight status listings show all United Express flights to Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Mesa Airlines Embraer ERJ-175s or ExpressJet Airlines Embraer ERJ-145s.[11] On June 7, 2018 United Airlines began flying a daily Airbus A319 to Houston (IAH).
Past airline service[edit]
Braniff International Airways, Eastern Air Lines and Trans-Texas Airways/Texas International Airlines served Corpus Christi's old and new airports.
In 1935 Braniff Lockheed Model 10 Electras flew Brownsville - Corpus Christi - San Antonio - Austin - Waco - Fort Worth - Dallas Love Field.[12] In 1940 a Braniff Douglas DC-3 flew Brownsville - Corpus Christi - San Antonio - Austin - Fort Worth - Dallas Love Field - Oklahoma City - Ponca City, OK - Wichita - Kansas City - Chicago.[13]
Eastern arrived at Corpus Christi in April 1939; its DC-3 direct from Newark connected to Pan Am's flight to Mexico City.[14][15] In 1958 Eastern Convair 440s flew Brownsville - Corpus Christi - Houston Hobby - Beaumont/Port Arthur - Lake Charles - Lafayette - Baton Rouge - New Orleans - Mobile - Pensacola - Montgomery - Birmingham - Atlanta.[16]
Pan Am started flying Houston to Mexico City in 1947; it flew nonstop, but for three years it also flew DC-3s and Convairs that stopped at Corpus Christi.
Trans-Texas Airways (TTa) arrived in 1950; in 1952 its Douglas DC-3s flew Brownsville - Harlingen - McAllen - Alice - Corpus Christi - Beeville - Victoria - Houston.[17] By 1963 most TTa flights to the airport were Convair 240s direct to Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, Harlingen, McAllen and Victoria; DC-3s flew Corpus Christi - San Antonio - San Angelo - Midland/Odessa - Pecos - El Paso.[18] By 1969 TTa had changed its name to Texas International Airlines which continued at Corpus Christi.
Scheduled jets arrived in Spring 1965: Eastern 727s to Houston and Braniff BAC One-Elevens to Houston and San Antonio.[19][20] (In 1965 the runway was still 5600 feet.) Braniff flew Lockheed L-188 Electras Corpus Christi - Houston Hobby Airport - Dallas Love Field - Oklahoma City - Wichita - Kansas City - Chicago O'Hare Airport.[20] In 1966 Trans-Texas Airways introduced nonstop Douglas DC-9-10s to Houston Hobby Airport in addition to Convair 600s nonstop to Houston, San Antonio and Harlingen.[21] In 1968 TTa flew the DC-9 nonstop to Harlingen and to Houston.[22] For a year or so in 1966-67 Mexicana de Aviacion Douglas DC-6s flew nonstop to Monterrey three days a week, continuing to Mexico City.[23]
Trans-Texas Airways changed its name to Texas International Airlines which in 1974 flew daily DC9s between Corpus Christi and Mexico City via McAllen and direct to Denver and Salt Lake City via Houston Intercontinental Airport and San Antonio.[4] In 1974 three airlines flew nonstop to Houston (IAH): Braniff Boeing 727-100s and 727-200s, Eastern Boeing 727-200s and Texas International Douglas DC-9-10s.[24] Braniff 727s flew nonstop to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).[25]
The 1976 Official Airline Guide[26] shows Eastern Boeing 727-200s Corpus Christi nonstop to New Orleans and nonstop to Houston, both continuing to Atlanta. Braniff had three direct Boeing 727s a day to Chicago O'Hare, all via Dallas/Fort Worth. Texas International DC-9s flew to Los Angeles (LAX) via Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Midland/Odessa, Roswell, NM, and Albuquerque.
Southwest Airlines began serving Corpus Christi on March 1, 1977 as an intrastate airline[27] and in 1979 had six Boeing 737-200s a day nonstop to Houston Hobby; it flew nonstop to Dallas Love Field on weekends.[28] In 1979 Braniff had ended nonstop service to Houston but had four nonstop 727s a day to Dallas/Fort Worth; Eastern 727s and Texas International DC-9s still flew nonstop to IAH.[29] In 1981 Eastern McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s flew nonstop to Atlanta.[30]
In 1982 Braniff International went out of business while Texas International merged into Continental Airlines. American Airlines arrived in 1981; in 1983 three American Boeing 727-100s and 727-200s flew nonstop to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and a 727-200 flew to DFW via Austin.[31] Continental had four daily 727 and DC-9 nonstops to Houston Intercontinental while Pan Am Express (Emerald Air) flew three Douglas DC-9-10s a day to IAH. In 1984 Austin-based Emerald Air was operating as an independent carrier with up to ten DC-9 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 departures a day nonstop to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Houston (IAH) and McAllen.[32]
United Airlines arrived in 1984 and pulled out in 1987; in 1985 United had two Boeing 727s a day to Denver via Austin.[33] Pan Am returned to Corpus Christi in 1985 and left in 1986; its 727s first flew to DFW-JFK, then to IAH-IAD.
In 1989 American Airlines had five daily McDonnell Douglas MD-80 nonstops to Dallas/Fort Worth, Continental and Continental Express had a total of six nonstops a day to Houston Intercontinental (Continental with Boeing 727-100s, 727-200s and Douglas DC-9-10s, and Continental Express with Britt Airways ATR 42s) while Southwest had eight Boeing 737-200s and 737-300s a day nonstop to Houston Hobby.[34] Eastern Air Lines had pulled out of Corpus Christi in 1986-87.
Delta Air Lines arrived in 1990. In 1991 Delta had three Boeing 737-200s a day nonstop to its Dallas/Fort Worth hub, while American and American Eagle had a total of seven nonstops a day to DFW, American with MD-80s and American Eagle with Saab 340s.[35] In 1993 Delta turned its Corpus Christi-Dallas/Fort Worth service over to Delta Connection (Atlantic Southeast Airlines ATR 72s and Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias); American continued to fly Fokker 100s to DFW until 1995-96 when American Eagle ATR 72s took over.[36] In 1999 Delta Connection (Atlantic Southeast Airlines) Canadair CRJ-200s were flying nonstop to Atlanta.[37] Continental then had one mainline flight a day to Houston Intercontinental (IAH) with Continental Express flying nine Embraer ERJ-145s and ATR 42s a day to IAH.[38] In 2010 Continental merged with United Airlines and the Continental Express service to Corpus Christi began to be operated as United Express.
Independent commuter airlines served Corpus Christi from the 1970s to the 1990s, including[39]
- Austin Express - Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
- Conquest Airlines - Beechcraft 1900C, Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
- Metro Airlines - Short 330
- Tejas Airlines - Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, Piper Navajo
- Texas National Airlines - Piper Navajo
Incidents at Corpus Christi Airport[edit]
On April 2, 2012, United Airlines flight 4128 operated by United Express made an emergency landing at Corpus Christi after it suffered damage to its front landing gear and experienced a flat tire. The flight originated in Harlingen, Texas and was en route to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston with 37 passengers on board. No injuries were reported. The aircraft was an Embraer ERJ 145 regional jet flown by ExpressJet.[40]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for CRP (Form 5010 PDF), effective September 25, 2008.
- ^ "Corpus Christi International Airport, United States of America – Airport Technology". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ a b http://www.timetableimages.com, March 1, 1974 Texas International timetable
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, April 15, 1975 Official Airline Guide
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Oct. 31, 1967 Mexicana timetable
- ^ http://www.united.com, May 2, 2016 Flight Status
- ^ 2016 Passenger Boardings, Rank Order, and Percent Change from 2015 (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/direct-flights-from-corpus-christi-to-dallas-now-offered-by-southwest/503-f32cf7df-e60d-480c-80dd-23181171e326
- ^ http://www.aa.com, American Airlines schedules
- ^ http://www.united.com, United Airlines Flight Status listings
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, April 22, 1935 Braniff timetable
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Nov. 1, 1940 Braniff timetable
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, March 1, 1939 Eastern timetable
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, March 1, 1941 Eastern timetable
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 1, 1958 Eastern timetable
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Jan. 1, 1952 Trans-Texas timetable
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, March 1, 1963 Trans-Texas timetable
- ^ http://www.60sairlineantiques.net Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, June 1, 1965 Eastern timetable
- ^ a b http://www.timetableimages.com, April 24, 1966 Braniff timetable
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Oct. 30, 1966 Trans-Texas timetable
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, August 1968 Trans-Texas timetable
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Oct. 31, 1967 Mexicana timetable
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, April 1, 1974 Official Airline Guide
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, April 1, 1974 Official Airline Guide
- ^ Feb. 1, 1976 Official Airline Guide
- ^ http://www.southwest.com, Press Room, Our History
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, July 1, 1983 Official Airline Guide
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, March 1, 1984 Emerald Air timetable
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 15, 1989 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Corpus Christi schedules
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Oct. 1, 1991 Official Airline Guide
- ^ Sept. 15, 1994 Official Airline Guide
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, June 1, 1999 Official Airline Guide
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, June 1, 1999 Official Airline Guide
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Official Airline Guide editions: Nov. 15, 1979; April 1, 1981; July 1, 1983; Feb. 15, 1985; Dec. 15, 1989; April 2, 1995; June 1, 1999
- ^ "United Flight 4128 Makes Emergency Landing in Corpus Christi Texas | TFNJ: The Florida News Journal". thefloridanewsjournal.com. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
External links[edit]
- Corpus Christi International Airport, official site
- Airport Technology Article on CCIA – New Terminal Construction
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective January 2, 2020
- FAA Terminal Procedures for CRP, effective January 2, 2020
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KCRP
- ASN accident history for CRP
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCRP
- FAA current CRP delay information
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