Magic Valley Regional Airport

The facility covers 1,468 acres (2.3 sq mi; 5.9 km²) at an elevation of 4,154 feet (1,266 m) above sea level, approximately four hundred feet (120 m) above Twin Falls' city center. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 8/26 is 8,703 by 150 feet (2,653 by 46 m) and 12/30 is 3,224 by 75 feet (983 by 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2020, the airport had 34,611 aircraft operations, an average of 95 per day: 82% general aviation, 14% air taxi, 3% military, and 1% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 111 aircraft based at this airport: 84 single-engine, 18 multi-engine, 8 helicopter, and 1 jet.[1]

Several commuter air carriers also served Twin Falls over the years. In the early 1970s, Trans Magic Airlines (TMA), which was based in Twin Falls, was operating a hub at the airport with flights to Boise, Burley, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Falls, Jackpot, Lewiston, McCall, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Moscow, Pocatello, Pullman, Salt Lake City and Sun Valley with this commuter airline flying de Havilland Heron four engine prop aircraft and Piper Navajo twin engine prop aircraft.[16] By 1974, Air Idaho was operating a small hub at the airport with nonstop service to Boise, Burley, Elko, Salt Lake City and Sun Valley flown with de Havilland Heron aircraft.[17] In 1976, another commuter air carrier, Sun Valley Key Airlines, was serving Twin Falls with flights from Salt Lake City and Pocatello operated with Piper Navajo prop aircraft while Air Idaho was continuing to operate flights from Salt Lake City and Sun Valley with the de Havilland Heron.[18] Cascade Airways briefly served Twin Falls in 1980 with nonstop flights to Boise and Salt Lake City operated with Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante commuter turboprops.[19] In 1981, Mountain West Airlines-Idaho was operating nonstop flights to Boise with Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante turboprops.[20] Skywest Airlines began serving Twin Falls as an independent commuter airline during the early 1980s and by 1983 was operating nonstop flights to Salt Lake City and Pocatello with Swearingen Metro III commuter propjets.[21] Also in 1983, Transwestern Airlines was operating nonstop flights to Boise and Salt Lake City with Swearingen Metro III commuter propjets.[22] Later in 1983, Transwestern was then acquired by and merged into Horizon Air which in turn continued to operate nonstop flights to Boise and Salt Lake City with Swearingen Metro III propjets. Horizon continued service to Twin Falls for fourteen years, until April 1997.[23]

In 1987, SkyWest Airlines was operating as Western Express on behalf of Western Airlines via a code sharing agreement with nonstop flights to Salt Lake City and Pocatello operated Swearingen Metro III propjets.[24] Western was then acquired by and merged into Delta Air Lines later in 1987 with SkyWest then becoming a Delta Connection air carrier via a code sharing agreement with Delta and this business relationship between the two airlines has been in effect since that time. In 1994, there were two airlines serving Twin Falls: Horizon Air operating code share service on behalf of Alaska Airlines with nonstop Swearingen Metro III service to Boise and SkyWest operating Delta Connection service nonstop to Salt Lake City with Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia propjets.[25] By 1999, SkyWest flying as the Delta Connection was the only airline serving Twin Falls and was continuing to operate nonstop Embraer EMB-120 Brasila flights to Salt Lake City.[26] SkyWest is currently the only airline operating scheduled passenger flights from the airport and has served Twin Falls for over 35 years. By 2014, Skywest began using Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft as a replacement to the aging EMB-120s. In 2023, the CRJ200 began officially retiring from Delta's fleet, and in September of that year, Skywest had begun using the Embraer E175 for it's route to Salt Lake City.

SkyWest Airlines, operating as Delta Connection on behalf of Delta Air Lines via a code sharing agreement, operates Embraer E175 regional jet flights nonstop to Salt Lake City (SLC).[27]

Destinations map
Twin Falls Salt Lake City Destinations from Magic Valley Regional Airport Red = Year-round destination Green = Seasonal destination Blue = Future destination

In 1965, a U.S. Navy S-2F Tracker crashed shortly after takeoff on January 11, killing all three crew members. The twin-engine anti-submarine attack plane was based in southern California at NAS Point Mugu, near Oxnard.[29]

• List of airports in Idaho

• Airport page at City of Twin Falls website
• Reeder Flying Service, the fixed-base operator
• Aerial image as of July 1992 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective October 5, 2023
• FAA Terminal Procedures for TWF, effective October 5, 2023
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KTWF
  • ASN accident history for TWF
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KTWF
  • FAA current TWF delay information