Pease International Tradeport
Pease International Tradeport, or the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, is a joint civil and military use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) west of Market Square in Portsmouth, NH. The Tradeport is a result of the ongoing redevelopment of the former Pease Air Force Base which was closed under Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission action in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Notable Novel Moments a.k.a Potential Spoilers!
Book 2, Unidentified Phenomenon
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Book 3, The Rise of Dark Flame
Quinn McAlester, still wrestling with his identity as the superhero Blue Spekter, saves a doomed KC-135 Stratotanker and successfully lands it on the runway.
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Book 5, Balance of Power
After failing to save an unconscious driver from a serious accident in Market Square Blue Spekter flew to the tradeport and paced the dorsal spine of the damaged KC-135 Stratotanker. There, he met Captain David Prett for the first time.
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After Nightmare and his super villains attack and destroy the Portsmouth Naval Prison and the Seavey Island HIPS Reactor Core, Agent Paul Hartman moves the Department of Homeland Security operation to the secret Hangar 227 Underground Base, located under Hangar 227.
Purpose / Function
Military
The airport shares its runway with the Pease Air National Guard Base, which is actively utilized by the 157th Air Refueling Wing (157 ARW) of the New Hampshire Air National Guard, an Air Mobility Command (AMC)-gained Air National Guard unit slated to receive KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tankers. The 64th Air Refueling Squadron (64 ARS), an active duty Air Force unit of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing (22 ARW) at McConnell AFB, is also embedded and located with the 157 ARW at Pease ANGB. Pease was one of seven Launch Abort Sites and one of 18 Emergency Landing Sites for NASA space shuttle orbiters.Civilian
Domestic and international terminal passenger service by the third iteration of Pan American Airways began in 1999 and lasted until the airline's demise in 2004; other past operators include Business Express / Delta Connection (1993–?), Allegiant Air (2005–2007), and Skybus Airlines who operated out of the airport from May 2007 until it ceased operations in April 2008. Allegiant Air returned in October 2013, and offers service to several destinations. Frontier Airlines began offering service to their hub in Orlando, Florida, on December 6, 2018, with hopes of expanding the number of destinations offered in the future. —SourceAlterations
The Tradeport is the home of Hangar 227 Underground Base, a secret military base built beneath Hangar 227. The Department of Homeland Security uses the base for monitoring and strategic defense purposes.
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