![]() By the 1980s, Frontier was continuing to operate Boeing 737-200s with Kalispell–Billings–Denver flights. The original Frontier Airlines operated Boeing 737-200s during the 1970s with a routing of Kalispell–Missoula–Bozeman–Salt Lake City–Denver–St. Air West was then renamed Hughes Airwest which in turn introduced McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jet service. West Coast Airlines served the airport in the 1960s with Fairchild F-27 turboprops flying to Spokane, Seattle and Great Falls before this carrier merged with Bonanza Airlines and Pacific Air Lines to form Air West, which continued F-27 service from Kalispell. Service to Phoenix, Arizona, on US Airways (formerly America West Airlines before it merged with US Airways) ended in 2007. Between 19 passenger traffic increased more than fivefold. The terminal was upgraded in 1981, and further upgrades to the terminal, runways and other facilities occurred in the 1990s. The 757 operated by Delta is the largest aircraft ever to have provided scheduled passenger service at the airport. ![]() Jetliners operated into the airport in the past include the Boeing 727-200, Boeing 737-200, Boeing 757-200, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 and Fokker F28. In the 1970s and 1980s passenger traffic increased as Hughes Airwest (previously Air West), Western Airlines, Delta Air Lines (which acquired Western), the original Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) and Horizon Air offered new jet service. In 1970 the airport was designated as an international airport and received its current name. Airline flights operated by Northwest Airlines began in 1950 however, passenger traffic was sparse for years. The airport was built in 1942 as Flathead County Airport, from which its IATA and original FAA and ICAO codes were derived. ![]() airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Glacier Park International Airport is GPI to the FAA and FCA to the IATA (which assigned GPI to Guapi Airport in Colombia). The airport's ICAO code was KFCA, and most airlines still use that code for reservations purposes. ![]() The airport is owned and operated by the Flathead Municipal Airport Authority, a public agency created by the county in 1974. Glacier Park International Airport ( IATA: FCA, ICAO: KGPI, FAA LID: GPI) is in Flathead County, Montana, United States, six miles northeast of Kalispell. ![]()
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