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Logan-Cache Airport

Coordinates:41°47′N111°51′W / 41.79°N 111.85°W /41.79; -111.85
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Airport in Utah, United States of America
This article is about the airport located in Logan, Utah. For the airport located in Boston, Massachusetts, seeLogan International Airport.

Logan-Cache Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerManagement and Airport Authority of Logan City
OperatorUtah State UniversityLE Aviation (Leading Edge Aviation)
ServesCache Valley of northernUtah and southeasternIdaho
LocationNorth Logan, Utah
Focus city for
Time zoneMountain (UTC−7)
 • Summer (DST)(UTC−6)
Elevation AMSL4,457 ft / 1,358 m
Coordinates41°47′N111°51′W / 41.79°N 111.85°W /41.79; -111.85
Websitelogan-cacheairport.org
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Runways
DirectionLengthSurface
ftm
17/359,0202,749Asphalt
10/284,0751,242Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Aircraft movements109,245
Source: 2024 Logan/Cache Valley Airport Audit[1]

Logan-Cache Airport (IATA:LGU,ICAO:KLGU,FAALID:LGU) is an airport in thewesternUnited States inCache County,Utah, located three miles (5 km) northwest ofLogan. It is owned under the Logan-Cache Airport Authority, formed by Inter-local Agreement between Cache County and Logan City in 1992. This organization is subsidized by the city and county, having no authority to tax or bond for additional funding. Revenues are derived from leases of land, buildings, fuel and maintenance fees. The airport was previously owned by Cache County and managed by county commissioners. It is the second busiest airport in Utah by number of aircraft operations, with 109,245 in 2024.[1]

History & services

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Western Airlines served Logan from 1946 untilWest Coast Airlines replaced them in 1959; West Coast pulled out in 1964.Key Airlines served the airport fromSalt Lake City from 1964 to 1976. In that year, Utah carrierTranswestern Airlines had its company headquartered at the airport, with flights to their hub at Salt Lake City, until its acquisition byHorizon Air in December 1983.

Currently, scheduled services come fromAmeriflight andGem Air under contract forUPS andFedEx Express, transporting from several nearby states. Frequent charter flights occur on behalf of Utah State University'sathletic teams and their opponents. Utah State also occupies several hangars on the north end of the airport access road for its fixed-wing and rotorcraft training programs, and operates the dispatch office in the main passenger terminal.

The airport also hosts LE Aviation (Leading Edge Aviation), which offers flight training, FBO services, and a pilot supply shop. LE Aviation provides Avgas and jet fuel services, hangar and tie-down facilities, oxygen service, ground power unit (GPU) support, lavatory service, aircraft detailing, and 24-hour call-out availability.[2] Facilities also include a pilot lounge, flight-planning area, and a courtesy car for visiting pilots.

Facilities

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The Logan-Cache Airport covers 739 acres (1.15 mi2; 2.99 km2) with two runways:

  • 17/35: 9,020 by 100 feet (2,749 m × 30 m) Asphalt
  • 10/28: 4,075 by 60 feet (1,242 m × 18 m) Asphalt
  • Two non-operational control towers[3]

This airport remains a Class G, uncontrolled airport, with Class E airspace beginning at 700 ft AGL.

Incidents & Accidents

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  • January 9, 2005: AGrumman Gulfstream II operated by the Icon Health and Fitness, registered N74RQ, impacted a snow bank during a final approach after the pilot had failed to conduct a proper IFR operation, after arriving fromCharles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, in Kansas City, Missouri. The plane had 2 crew and 7 passengers. No one was killed or injured.[4]
  • February 2, 2013: ACessna 175 Skylark that had taken off from this airport had to make an emergency landing in a nearby field due to carburetor ice.
  • July 18, 2016: aDiamond DA40 operated byUtah State University, registered as N419FP, was destroyed inParadise during a training flight from the airport, with one fatality. The student pilot killed exceeded the critical angle of attack, and resulted in aflat spin stall.[5] This became the first fatal crash in the USU Aviation Program and the first plane crash in its history.[6]
  • June 24, 2022: A Cessna 152, registered N934JH and owned by USU, crashed nearMendon, Utah. Neither the student nor the instructor aboard survived.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ab"Audit of the Governance and Operations of the Logan/Cache Valley Airport"(PDF). Retrieved2025-04-17.
  2. ^[https://leaviation.com/fbo-services-klgu/ LE Aviation – FBO Services]
  3. ^FAA Airport Form 5010 for LGUPDF effective July 13, 2023
  4. ^Ranter, Harro."ASN Aircraft accident Grumman American G-1159 Gulfstream II N74RQ Logan-Cache Airport, UT (LGU)".aviation-safety.net.
  5. ^"Aviation Accident".www.ntsb.gov.
  6. ^Macavinta, Amy."USU aviation student killed in plane crash south of Hyrum".The Herald Journal.
  7. ^staff, Herald Journal."Update: Flight instructor, student killed in USU Aviation crash near Mendon".The Herald Journal. Retrieved2022-06-24.

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