As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 8,896 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 8,926 enplanements in 2009, and 11,227 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport based on 2008 enplanements (between 2,500 and 10,000),[4] but would be considered primary commercial service based on enplanements in 2010.
Facilities and aircraft
Range Regional Airport covers an area of 1,600 acres (647 ha) at an elevation of 1,354 feet (413 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 13/31 is 6,758 by 150 feet (2,060 x 46 m) and 4/22 is 3,075 by 75 feet (937 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 28,850 aircraft operations, an average of 79 per day: 84% general aviation, 8% air taxi, 9% scheduled commercial and <1% military. At that time, there were 42 aircraft based at this airport: 40 single-engine, 1 multi-engine and 1 helicopter.[1]
2 January 1993: An Express Airlines Saab 340A crashed hard onto the runway at Chisholm-Hibbing Municipal Airport due to wing ice accretion. There were no fatalities, but the aircraft was destroyed.[7]
1 December 1993: Northwest Airlink Flight 5719 crashed while on approach to Chisholm-Hibbing Airport. All 18 passengers and crew on board were killed.[8]
