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Lincoln Municipal is one of two major airports in Nebraska (Eppley Airfield in Omaha being the other). United Express, and Northwest Airlink are the only two commercial carriers with daily service, after American Eagle pulled service (the route previously served by TWA mainline). On 2/1/2006, Allegiant Air ( | Lincoln Municipal is one of two major airports in Nebraska (Eppley Airfield in Omaha being the other). United Express, and Northwest Airlink are the only two commercial carriers with daily service, after American Eagle pulled service (the route previously served by TWA mainline). On 2/1/2006, Allegiant Air (G4) started twice weekly nonstop service to and from Las Vegas. Flights are Wednesdays and Saturdays, arriving in Lincoln around noon, and leaving at 1PM. This marks the return of mainline service to LNK, as G4 flies exclusively MD-83's. United Express serves Chicago O'Hare and Denver, and Northwest Airlink serves Minneapolis and Detroit. Up until 1/3/2006, Northwest also flew to Memphis but that route was cancelled due to low load factors. Non-Allegiant traffic is almost exclusively CRJ-200's, with Mesaba very very occasionally flying in a Mesaba Saab 340B or Avro RJ-85. United also flies in a SkyWest CRJ-700 every so often (usually the mid-morning Denver run). | ||
Also, during college football season, we'll occasionally get mainline aircraft in here for team charters. If its for the Huskers, it'll be United or Northwest (usually a | Also, during college football season, we'll occasionally get mainline aircraft in here for team charters. If its for the Huskers, it'll be United or Northwest (usually a 757-200 for the team, I think), and if its an away team coming into town, it could really be anything. We've seem everything from a Sun Country DC-10, to a Pan Am (Boston-Maine Airways) 727. Also, depending on the bowl game the Huskers are in, we'll also get charter operations for the fans going on, as well. It'll depend on the game, but for bowl games, its usually a 747-400 or maybe even 2 (2001 Rose Bowl). | ||
LNK also gets a fair bit of Biz-jet activity, as Duncan Aviation is based here. Typical fare comprises mainly of Dassault Falcons (usually the various three-holers), but occasionally, we'll get an oddity in here, like a BAe One-Eleven, and I once saw a Lauda Air 737 here, but with a U.S. registration, and missing its titles. There are also still a number of people who house their GA aircraft here, but with the shutdown of the airport's only flight school, Silverhawk Aviation, piston traffic has been slow. | LNK also gets a fair bit of Biz-jet activity, as Duncan Aviation is based here. Typical fare comprises mainly of Dassault Falcons (usually the various three-holers), but occasionally, we'll get an oddity in here, like a BAe One-Eleven, and I once saw a Lauda Air 737 here, but with a U.S. registration, and missing its titles. There are also still a number of people who house their GA aircraft here, but with the shutdown of the airport's only flight school, Silverhawk Aviation, piston traffic has been slow. | ||