abilene regional airport (iata: abi, icao: kabi, faa lid: abi) is a public airport located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of downtown abilene, in taylor county, texas.the airport is located within the abilene city limits, and is and owned and operated by the city.most operations at the airport are general aviation and military training.abilene regional is currently served by envoy air, operating as american eagle, operating daily embraer regional jet flights to dallas-ft. worth (dfw).in october 2020, united express began daily flights to houston-intercontinental, operated by skywest airlines.the airline ceased all flights to the airport in october 2021, citing staffing issues.allegiant airlines operated twice-weekly flights to las vegas (las) with mcdonnell douglas md-80 jetliners in 2006–07 before ceasing all service to abilene.charter air carriers such as sun country airlines continue to operate flights on an occasional basis from abi to las vegas with mainline jet aircraft such as the boeing 737.air freight service to abilene is provided primarily by subcontractors.the airport was formerly served by major carriers; ups and usps now primarily truck their overnight packages in from dallas-fort worth, and most abilene-bound fedex express shipments are sent through lubbock.native air (formerly southwest medevac) housed an emergency medical helicopter and crew at the airport for about 10 years, but closed the base in 2014.the city's remaining emergency medical helicopter service is provided by air evac lifeteam, with its aircraft and crew stationed at hendrick medical center.abilene regional is also home to eagle aviation services, inc., which is a heavy-maintenance base for all american eagle aircraft.basically every plane in the airline's fleet is maintained at abi.the airport grounds also acted as an aircraft boneyard for american eagle, which stored around 20 retired saab 340 turboprop aircraft which remain in the airline's livery.american eagle replaced these propjets with embraer regional jets.texas state technical college provides aviation maintenance training at its on-field hangar base.american's 12-passenger curtiss condors had sleeper berths and flew dallas love field - ft. worth - abilene - big spring, tx - el paso - douglas, az - tucson - phoenix - los angeles.in the 1940s american's douglas dc-3s flew dallas love field - abilene - big spring - el paso - tucson - phoenix - san diego - los angeles.american left abilene in 1949 and would not return until american eagle service began in the 1980s.starting in the 1940s pioneer airlines douglas dc-3s and martin 2-0-2s flew to dallas love field, houston hobby airport, albuquerque, fort worth, amarillo, lubbock and other cities in texas and new mexico.pioneer was merged into continental airlines in 1955; continental dc-3s flew to cities served by pioneer and added direct service to san antonio.in 1958-59 continental served abilene with the convair 340, convair 440, and the four engine vickers viscount.in 1959 viscounts flew direct to dallas love field and albuquerque.continental left abilene in 1963, replaced by trans-texas airways (tta).continental would not return, but continental connection colgan air saab 340s eventually began flying abilene to houston intercontinental airport; that ended in 2008.trans-texas dc-3s, convair 240s, and convair 600s flew from abilene to dallas love field and other cities in texas and new mexico.trans-texas began the first jet service, douglas dc-9-10s by 1968.tta flew nonstop to austin and lubbock and direct to albuquerque, amarillo, houston hobby airport, san antonio and santa fe.most flights were convair 600s but some dc-9s flew via dallas direct to austin and houston.trans-texas airways changed its name to texas international (ti) and continued dc-9 and convair 600 flights at abilene.
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