Stockton Metropolitan Airport

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Stockton Metropolitan

IATA: SCK - ICAO: KSCK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		County of San Joaquin
Serves		Stockton, California
Elevation AMSL		33 ft (10.1 m)
Coordinates		37°53′39″N, 121°14′18″W
Website		http://www.co.san-joaquin.ca.us/airport/
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Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
11L/29R	10,650	3,246	Asphalt
11R/29L	4,454	1,358	Asphalt

1 General
2 Gate Assignment
3 Flight Planning Resources
4 IFR Routes
5 Available Sceneries

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General

Stockton Metropolitan Airport is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Stockton, a city in San Joaquin County, California, USA. The airport was once a major hub for air-travel in the San Joaquin Valley, but like so many other American airports of similar size, massive deregulation eventually eliminated commercial service to the airport. As for commercial air, America West left the airport and the terminal empty. In June 2006, Allegiant Air began flying round trips to Las Vegas.

Allegiant's success at the airport could help draw other carriers to the airport. Load factors for Allegiant have neared 90 percent during the Summer months of 2007, well above the necessary level to maintain profitable service.San Joaquin County Supervisors are asking Rondinella to work on securing more domestic flights at the airport, rather than international service.

In late May 2007, the Record (Stockton's daily newspaper) reported that the airport is in discussions with Delta Airlines for two daily non-stop flights to Delta's hub in Salt Lake City. The Manteca Bulletin offered a similar report in August 2007.With the addition of an Allegiant focus city/hub in Phoenix, the airline has indicated it might add service to Phoenix from Stockton. America West previously offered daily non-stop service to Sky Harbor International Airport, but the airline industry downturn after 9/11 prompted the airline to cutback, then eventually discontinue service.

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