Many Oklahoma State University teams and those who visit the Cowboys fly into Stillwater on small chartered planes. Two daily flights are operated, with a third flight during busier periods. Service began on August 23, 2016, using Embraer-145 regional jets nonstop to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Īfter thirty years with no airline flights, local efforts landed American Airlines regional partner Envoy Air to Stillwater, operating as American Eagle. Stillwater then went without commercial air service. Stillwater was the home for Exec Express, but their service was short-lived, ending within one year as the airline focused on providing Essential Air Service to the nearby communities of Enid and Ponca City, Oklahoma. took over servicing Stillwater with flights to Tulsa, using Piper PA-31 Navajo commuter planes. Service continued until 1985 when Exec Express, Inc. Metro Airlines began serving Stillwater in 1980 with flights to Oklahoma City using de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters. Stillwater then went without commercial air service until 1980.
Frontier upgraded service using the Convair 580 aircraft until flights ended in late 1975. Central merged with the original Frontier Airlines in 1967, and service was then provided with flights between Kansas City and Dallas/Fort Worth that stopped at Stillwater and many other points. Historical airline service Ĭentral Airlines Douglas DC-3s landed at Stillwater beginning in 1953 with flights to Oklahoma City and Tulsa. One of the aircraft at Stillwater – purchased by Mantz – was B-17 41-24577 "Hells Angels," the first B-17 to complete 25 missions (even before the Memphis Belle). In 1946 Paul Mantz bought them all, keeping 12 for use as stunt planes and camera ships and selling the rest for scrap. History Īfter World War II the airfield was one of six locations in the nation that stored surplus military aircraft about 475 were flown to the airport starting in 1945. Stillwater Regional Airport ( IATA: SWO, ICAO: KSWO, FAA LID: SWO) is in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States, three miles (4.8 km) northwest of Stillwater. Source: Federal Aviation Administration RITA
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