Jamestown Regional Airport Admiral Don Weiss Field
IATA: JMS ICAO: KJMS FAA LID: JMS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Jamestown Regional Airport Authority
Serves	Jamestown, North Dakota
Elevation AMSL	1,500 ft / 457 m
Coordinates	46°55′47″N 098°40′42″W / 46.92972°N 98.67833°W / 46.92972; -98.67833
Website	FlyJamestown.net
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 6,502 1,982 Asphalt 4/22 5,750 1,753 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 24,000 Aircraft operations 11,916 Based aircraft 36
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,[1] Federal Aviation Administration[2]

Jamestown Regional Airport (IATA: JMS, ICAO: KJMS, FAA LID: JMS) is two miles northeast of Jamestown, in Stutsman County, North Dakota, United States. It is owned by the Jamestown Regional Airport Authority,^[2] and was formerly Jamestown Municipal Airport.^[3] It is used for general aviation and sees one airline, with flights twice each weekday and once on Saturdays and Sundays. Scheduled passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 2,769 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 3,471 in 2009 and 4,434 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011-2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).

Facilities

The airport covers 1,500 acres (607 ha) at an elevation of 1,500 feet (457 m). It has two asphalt runways: 13/31 is 6,502 by 100 feet (1,982 x 30 m) and 4/22 is 5,750 by 75 feet (1,753 x 23 m).^[2]

In 2019 the airport had 11,916 aircraft operations, average 33 per day: 75% general aviation, 6% air taxi, 18% airline and <1% military. 36 aircraft were then based at this airport: 33 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 2 helicopter.^[2]

Airline and destinations

United Express uses CRJ200s operated by SkyWest Airlines to Denver and Devils Lake.

Destinations map
Jamestown Denver Devils Lake Destinations from Jamestown Regional Airport

Historical airline service

Northwest Airlines began flying to Jamestown in 1947 as one of many stops along a transcontinental route originating in either Seattle or Portland and terminating at either New York or Washington D.C. Northwest began its first scheduled jets in 1968 with the Boeing 727. Service ended in 1979 with airline deregulation and a series of smaller commuter airlines then served Jamestown.^[4]

Jamestown Aviation, Inc. began five day a week service on May 17, 1978, between Jamestown and Minneapolis, Minnesota with one daily round trip on a six-passenger twin-engine aircraft. This was in response to a Northwest pilot's strike that started on April 30, 1978, and the cancellation of Crystal Shamrock Airlines service on a route from Minneapolis, Fargo, Jamestown and Bismarck, North Dakota.^[5]

Air Wisconsin served Jamestown from 1979 through 1981 followed by Big Sky Airlines from 1981 through 1983.

Mesaba Airlines started service in late 1983 and began code sharing with Northwest Airlines as Northwest Airlink in 1985.

Great Lakes Airlines replaced Mesaba in 1991. Great Lakes operated as United Express on behalf of United Airlines from 1992 through 2002 then back under their own branding through 2003.

Mesaba returned as Northwest Airlink from 2003 through 2012 and became Delta Connection in 2010 upon the merger of Northwest Airlines into Delta Air Lines.

Great lakes returned under their own branding from 2012 through 2013 replacing Mesaba/Delta Connection.

SkyWest Airlines, operating as United Express, began their service in 2014 using Bombardier CRJ100/200 regional jets on flights to Denver. Up until this time, all pervious carriers flew to Minneapolis/St. Paul with many flights making one or two stops enroute.^[6]

Statistics