an income of $21.1 million and 803 jobs and $3.5 million state and local tax revenue. A series of Airport Improvement Projects (AIPS) were completed from 2006 to 2014 with a total cost of $39,226,015.00 based on $36,716,290.00 federal funds, $1,141,993.53 state funds, and $322,966.90 local funds. Airlines and destinations Passenger Cargo Top destinations FedEx Feeder is operated at the field by Mountain Air Cargo. Incidents On October 30 1970 a United States Army U-8 crashed west of the airport while making an emergency landing in rain and fog, killing three of the four passengers, including Major general Edwin H. Burba. On November 14, 1970, in what has been recognized as "the worst sports related air tragedy in U.S. history," Southern Airways Flight 932, a chartered Southern Airways DC-9, crashed into a hill just short of runway 12 (then runway 11, due to differences in magnetic declination between 1970 and today). The flight carried 37 members of the Marshall University "Thundering Herd" football team, eight members of the coaching staff, and 25 boosters. There were no survivors. The tragedy was the basis of the 2006 film We Are Marshall. On January 30, 2009 a Piper PA-34-200T Seneca crashed near KHTS in a snowstorm. The pilot was trying to divert to KHTS due to a fuel emergency; all six aboard were killed. References External links Tri-State Airport, official website Huntington/Tri-State Airport from 2008 West Virginia DOT Airport Directory http://www.wvculture.org/history/transportation/tristateairport01.html https://www.airnav.com/airport/KHTS https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2205/00532AD.PDF https://skyvector.com/airport/HTS/Tri-State-Milton-J-Ferguson-Field-Airport Airports in West Virginia Buildings and structures in Wayne County, West Virginia Transportation in Wayne County, West Virginia