Gravelbottom Airport
| Gravelbottom Airport | |||
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| Code: GVB | |||
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| Airport type | Public/Government service | ||
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| Serves | |||
| Location | 48°N, 152°W | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 06/24 | 7,332 | 2,235 | Asphalt |
Gravelbottom Airport is the sole international airport of the Garden of Kalgachia. Located in a river valley in the southwest of the country, it was built to service aircraft of the Kalgachi flag carrier El Kal Airways - a unitary subsidiary of the Directorate of Public Works responsible for civil air transport - on its newly-opened routes to Nova England. In the years since, the airport has acquired additional uses - although the reluctance of the Kalgachi authorities to permit economic or political dependence on foreign powers has given this development a somewhat stunted character, not helped by the frequent disruption of its operations by Tee-al alerts.
Civilian and commercial operations from the airport were suspended during the Inner-Benacian Conflict (1681 AN–1683 AN) as a consequence of hostile actions directed against the site and its strategically important runway.
The closure of the Jodocus van Haltna International Airfield following a temporal discontinuity incident (phenomena observed to have occurred 13.XII–12.XIII.1690 AN, but which Batavian authorities claim had already occurred in 1685 AN) terminated Kalgachia's long established air corridor to the outside world - obliging the Garden, with great reluctance, to begin negotiations with the Unified Governorates of Benacia for the creation of a replacement via Siyachia and Naudia'Diva.
Allied forces established their presence at the airport in 1717 AN, utilising it as a logistics hub during Operation Penitent.
Contents
Control Tower
- Control Suite 1 (Gravelbottom Tower)
- Control Suite 2 (Octavian Centre)
- Kalgachi Defence Force Office (national air defence liaison)
- Directorate of Public Works Office (airport administration)
Passenger Terminal
- El Kal Office (bookings, flight operations, passenger and luggage operations)
- ESB Remediation Office (hospitality suites, passenger operations, special control section)
- Łoïdnos Office (bookings, flight operations, passenger and luggage operations)
- Eryr Air Office (bookings, flight operations, passenger and luggage operations)
- Greater Elwynnese Airlines Office (bookings, flight operations, passenger and luggage operations)
- Prefects' Office (immigration control, customs)
Cargo Hangar
- El Kal Office (flight operations)
- ESB Logistics Office (cargo holding, reception and dispatch)
- Octavian Import-Export Corporation Office (reception and dispatch)
Government Terminal
- KDF Rotary-wing hangar
- KDF Fixed-wing dispersal adits
- Surface entrance, Kalavia Works (Fixed Wing Division)
- Directorate of the Tumultuous Wastes Hangar
Users and Routes
| User | Business | Destinations | Aircraft Types |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Kal | Domestic passenger transit (helicopter) | Pachadsberg Heliport, Jollity City | Whirdlebirb |
| El Kal | Domestic passenger transit (helicopter) | Katreedle Heliport, Oktavyan City | Whirdlebirb |
| El Kal | International passenger and light cargo transit | Sansabury Aerodrome | Floret |
| El Kal | International passenger and light cargo transit | Verkehrsflughäfen Merensk | Floret |
| El Kal | International passenger and light cargo transit | Shirekeep-Foley Aerodrome | Floret |
| Directorate of the Tumultuous Wastes | Aerial observation | classified | Oobakeep |
| Kalgachi Grouping of Forces | Rotary-wing defence of airport premises against Tyrannocricetus aliger | Gravelbottom Terminal Control Area (patrol pattern) | Whirdlebirb |
| Fast jet QRA and special operations | Various | Buzzard C-61 | |
| Miscellaneous | General Aviation | Various | LAC Buladocga Te.42 Sagittario T-2 Saeqeh (rare) |
