Danielator36 wrote:Saw it mentioned a few times late in the 2023 thread- what does LTD stand for?
Correct. SBN's primary catchment area stops about halfway to the Zoo. I think G4 is probably the most likely as they are very stable at SBN. I just don't know how I feel about G4. I have flown them many times and to be honest I really loathe their seats. I couldn't imaging a nearly 4hr ride let alon...
Jump to postMy bet for SBN-LAX service and this could be a longshot but this airline already does some charters at SBN and I'm going to say some LTD service from SY on their B737-800. They could also link up some MSP flights to those LAX flights and not have to ferry the aircraft to SBN. SY is an interesting t...
Jump to postMy bet for SBN-LAX service and this could be a longshot but this airline already does some charters at SBN and I'm going to say some LTD service from SY on their B737-800. They could also link up some MSP flights to those LAX flights and not have to ferry the aircraft to SBN. SY is an interesting t...
Jump to postWhat are the community's thoughts on FWA and a DEN route opening up? UA or F9? Frequency, equipment?
Jump to postI think it would be amazing if SBN got a new ULCC to offer LTD service. G4 is great, but they haven't budged on the existing service at SBN in nearly a decade. Stable, but too stagnant; not saying that this is bad/ But Mike Daigle did say that they want an airline that can offer stability, and G4 wo...
Jump to postA little unrelated to our airline discussions, but Indiana aviation related nonetheless: SBN and EVV are slated to get new air traffic facilities over the next few years thanks to the BIL ATCT act . SBN has what is referred to as "Golemon & Rolfe type" ATCT and EVV has what is called &...
Jump to postA correction on my previous post. These are the new Romeo connectors between Bravo and the ramps; at least for now. There was a NOTAM issued for closure of a portion of Bravo and they had the connectors marked. https://i.ibb.co/f9kJpJw/ROMEO.png https://i.ibb.co/dLwb40Z/notams.png
Jump to postHere is a recent satellite image of SBN. The aforementioned use of Gate 5 by G4 is shown. You can see the Bravo realignment nearly half completed. The terminal apron will have 4 "Romeo" taxiway connectors, R1 and R2 will connect Taxiway C to the main ramp (R1 and R2 are the deice pad lanes...
Jump to postOctober comparison: EVV - Information not available by the airport authority, but BTS shows a -2.7% in enplanements as of September for YTD over 2022. Enplanements YTD are only at 158,000. FWA and SBN look to be very much aligned in their latest stats. Impressive increases in traffic for both airpor...
Jump to postSBN-LAX……seriously? It would have to be less than daily service, exactly what ULCC carriers like G4 are built for. The leakage from SBN to ORD is still hovering around 48% IIRC, on average. The problem Is competing with ORD, and the proposed future South Side Airport, is/will be very difficult. SBN...
Jump to postI flew into SBN from CLT this morning. I took some pics of the ramp construction. Terminal was pretty busy.
Jump to postAt SBN, 27L is also closed. They are running everything on 18/36. I'm assuming they are working on the new Bravo taxiway connectors to 27L.
Jump to postYesterday I flew out of FWA for the first time in 5 years (normally I travel to IND from DEN where I live). The terminal improvements (on the completed west side), including the new enlarged and remodeled ticket counter space and the remodeled gates 5-8 and new gates 9 and 10 upstairs) are impressi...
Jump to postHere is a good PDF from Purdue showing the massive extent of SBN's taxiway and ramp projects.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcon ... roadschool
Updated satellite imagery of SBN's ramp and taxiway construction. Taxi Romeo is new; all entrances to the air carrier ramp, including deice pad, will have Romeo designations. https://i.postimg.cc/068TBR9C/deice.png https://i.postimg.cc/ygxw7mgg/sbn3.png https://i.postimg.cc/cKXpq9HG/sbn-1.png
Jump to postI have seen schematics of the airfield in the past that appear to indicate centerline lighting on 27L and MALSR for 36. I would imaging that during the reconstruction of 27L/9R they would need an alternate precision instrument runway, and 36 makes sense. Before year-end we should see more detailed i...
Jump to postSBN's May numbers are out. They are still up 13% over last year, paralleling 2019 numbers. The trend is showing the chance to eclipse 2019.
https://flysbn.com/wp-content/uploads/2 ... y-2023.pdf
At SBN the new Gate 4 gatehouse is confirmed to replace the existing business center. A new walkway (with inclination) will be built; jetway will remain in it's existing position. Pet relief area will be where the old Gate 1 door was. 4-gatehouse.png 4-gatehouse-b.png 4-gatehouse-c.png [/url] https:...
Jump to postfreakyrat wrote:SBN's Passenger Numbers for April.
https://flysbn.com/wp-content/uploads/2 ... r-2023.pdf
In regards to FedEx, it looks like the nightly routing for the FWA-MEM flight has been changed from Providence-FWA-MEM to Roanoke-FWA-MEM. The morning routing is the same MEM-FWA-SBN. All flown on the 757-200. The UPS A300-600 flight from SBN-FWA-SDF on some days operates SBN-SDF with a separate fl...
Jump to postSBN's taxiway Bravo re-alignment
https://zoom.earth/#view=41.703296,-86.321541,16.93z
jetskipper wrote:Evansville has a larger metro area than South Bend and is not nearly as close to a Major Hub as FWA (DTW) or SBN (MDW/ORD), wonder why the huge difference in airport usage.
SBN and FWA are both categorized as small hub on the 2023 NPIAS reports. I know SBN was small hub for a long time and got downgraded to non-hub after 9/11. Good to see both SBN and FWA doing as well as they are. EVV is really hurtling; their enplanements look to be about half of SBN and FWA. Also, N...
Jump to postI saw an interview with SBN's executive director the other day. Mike Daigle hinted at an air service expansion announcement in the near future. No idea if it is additional flights on an existing route or if it is an all-new route. I'd venture to say it's a new route because past flight additions to ...
Jump to postSBN added their FIS due to G4 as well. There is and has been alleged talks that G4 will do a Mexico flight and eventually a Bahamas one.
Jump to postSBN posted a 5.96% increase YOY for September and a 17.12% increase on the year so far.
FWA posted a 2.72% increase YOY for September and a 4.74% increase on the year so far.
2019 total enplanements so far: FWA is at 294,814, SBN is at 308,128. Basically on RJ flight a day difference.
SBN August numbers show a 4.8% increase over 2018. At this pace SBN should hit at least 830,000 total pax. FWA 2019 enplanements 265,000 SBN 2019 enplanements 273,328 September, October and November should be better with the ND Football traffic and the use of some extra flights and larger airplanes...
Jump to postSBN August numbers show a 4.8% increase over 2018. At this pace SBN should hit at least 830,000 total pax.
FWA 2019 enplanements 265,000
SBN 2019 enplanements 273,328
SBN's latest numbers are in. SBN should break 870,000 at minimum at this pace, however, with higher 4th quarter travel they could break 900K.
SBN July - Up 15.72% on the month, 21% on the year; 238,812 enplanements so far 2019
FWA July - Up 8.66% on the year; 234,239 total enplanements so far 2019
When SBN built 27R/9L they were pushing over 300 ops a day. Today, they are at best 1/3 of that. I believe the highest annual traffic count for the tower was between 400-450 takeoffs and landings when the north parallel was funded. By the 1999 the volume for the tower dropped to around 90,000 annua...
Jump to postWhy would an airport the size of FWA or SBN need a parallel runway to accommodate simultaneous arrivals and departures? Neither have anywhere close the amount of traffic that would warrant the cost. SAN and RSW are both single runways operations with significantly more traffic. It would be a waste ...
Jump to postI have so many fond memories flying the Super 80 from LAX to ORD, and back again. This is probably my favorite aircraft next to the 9.
Jump to postSBN and FWA both are adding SRQ
It appears that....
SBN begins Nov 25 with Monday and Friday flights
FWA begins Nov 24 with Sunday and Thursday flights
SBN terminal renovation phase 1 is out for bid
https://flysbn.com/sbn/business/
SBN posted a major increase on Feb pax counts over 2018. Over a 27% increase. This is even with the seasonal shift of EWR. It should level off in June a bit since AA began their flights in June of 18.
https://flysbn.com/wp-content/uploads/2 ... b-2019.pdf
A little off topic but what is the driver behind staffing CBP agents at many of the small secondary and tertiary airports in the US like FWA, GRB and SBN when the staff and financial resources maintaining such services could be allocated elsewhere? I’m sure many of us have US CBP “horror stories” a...
Jump to postHere are SBN's final figures for 2018. This means that the airport served over 750,000 airline passengers last year when you add in a likewise number of deplanements. The addition of American added to that count and also Allegiant's traffic was up 41/2 Percent over 2017. Looks like Project Propel i...
Jump to postHuge winds expected for large portions of the Midwest and East Coast today. Not the best day for flying. https://weather.com/storms/winter/video/wind-gusts-of-more-than-60-mph-possible-from-winter-storm-quiana Starting to see AA cancel numerous regionals out of CLT, DCA, and PHL. AA cancelled all r...
Jump to postSBN's July numbers are in: they are up 30% over July of 2017. They still look to be on track to hit around 725,000 total pax for 2018.
Jump to postSBN is up 24% over June of last year thanks to AA's extra 260 pax per day enplaned. My guess earlier is pretty accurate so far. Numbers suggest about 755,000 total pax on/off for 2018 if the trend continues. Also, international GA is up. It looks like SBN and FWA will be about 65 pax a day apart for...
Jump to postatypical wrote:enilria just did a schedule update. Anyone have a clue on:
*UA EWR-SBN JAN 1.0>0.2[1.0] FEB 1.0>0[1.0] MAR 1.0>0.8[1.0]
I took the CLT -SBN flight on Monday evening. We landed at 1:00 am (hours late), not ideal. I have heard these flights have been late more often than not. The strange thing is that the flight starts at TYS-DFW-SBN-CLT-SBN Any issue earlier in the day affects everything. Business people will not put...
Jump to postIrregardless of OO's maintenance base at SBN, SBN officials have been meeting with DL officials requestinmg Mainline upgrades for some flights to ATL. Delta is currently operating an afternoon CRJ900 6X a week on the route. Around the same time that AA started service in SBN DL did operate a Mainli...
Jump to postSome random thoughts...... Personally I'd like to see SBN continue to excel/stabilize on DFW & CLT. It is very important for those routes to show stability before we see anything else develop at SBN. Airlines are not what they used to be and they are very stingy when it comes to route developmen...
Jump to postSBN's May numbers have been released and they are up 6% on the year. Looking at the new AA service to DFW and CLT that should bump their numbers by about 20%-25% for each month remaining in the year. Doing the math AA should contribute to 42,000 enplanements this year at least which should get the n...
Jump to postThe continuation of Indiana aviation with a focus on EVV, FWA, GYY, IND & SBN
Jump to postThe United SBN-EWR flight is so important to UA that if the inbound flight ever gets cancelled the night before they will find an airplane and crew and ferry a plane into SBN from all kinds of odd airports like PVD, CHS, BNA etc. so that they can operate that morning flight the next day. Here is an...
Jump to postEVV is also working with United to establish EVV-EWR. Probably won't happen because UA is moving EWR to mostly O&D markets, which is a key reason why FWA-EWR was chopped (not enough O&D). Future UA East Coast connecting routes will all be through the IAD hub. The Metrorail extension to IAD ...
Jump to postSBN's enplanements were up over 10% in April. From a little experimentation i did a sampling a few AA flights, AA it seems like is filling 54-60 seats on their CRJ700 flights to DFW with the afternoon flight appearing to do better than the morning flight. Nonetheless when SBN made their presentatio...
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