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Sugar Land Regional Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Sugar Land | ||||||||||
| Serves | Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown | ||||||||||
| Location | Sugar Land, Texas (USA) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 81 ft / 25 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°37′20″N 095°39′24″W / 29.62222°N 95.65667°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.FlySGR.com | ||||||||||
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Sugar Land Regional Airport (IATA: SGR, ICAO: KSGR, FAA LID: SGR) is a city-owned public-use airport located in Sugar Land, Texas (USA), 17 miles (27 km) southwest of the central business district of Houston.[1][2]
Founded privately in the early 1950s as Hull Field, it was renamed in 1990, as Sugar Land Municipal Airport when acquired by the city. As of 2009 it is the fourth-largest airport within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area and serves as a "reliever" of traffic to this airport. It handles approximately 200 aircraft operations per day during typical years, which include corporate business jet and turboprop flights.
The airport today serves the area's general aviation (GA) aircraft, serving corporate, governmental, and private clientele. It opened a new 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) Terminal in 2006 with a 54-acre (22 ha) GA complex, including 99 T-hangars in six buildings.[3]
The City of Sugar Land maintains Cullinan Park, which occupies 750 acres (300 ha) of land directly north and west of the Sugar Land Regional Airport, blocking expansion. The airport is surrounded by Sugar Land homes, and there is a highway and rail road track directly south of the airport, which also block its expansion. The former Central Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for males, was closed in 2011. It occupied land zoned for airport expansion.[4]
- ^ a b Sugar Land Regional Airport, official web site
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for SGR PDF, effective August 10, 2023.
- ^ Kanable, Rebecca (May–June 2011). "Sugar Land Regional". Airport Improvement Magazine. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ Pina, Kim (April 18, 2008). "What's in store for Sugar Land's airport?". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved June 13, 2009.