Friedman Memorial Airport

Friedman Memorial Airport (IATA: SUN, ICAO: KSUN, FAA LID: SUN) is a city-owned public-use airport in the northwest United States, located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Hailey, the county seat of Blaine County, Idaho.

[2] For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 68,540 aircraft operations, an average of 187 per day: 58% general aviation, 38% air taxi, 3% scheduled commercial and <1% military.

Horizon Air flew Fokker F28 Fellowship jets nonstop to San Francisco and Seattle[6] while America West flew Boeing 737-300 jetliners nonstop to Los Angeles, Phoenix and Boise with direct, no change of plane jet service to Las Vegas and San Jose, CA.

Transwestern Airlines provided service for two years, until sidelined by a non-fatality accident near Hailey in 1983 which involved an emergency landing attempt on Highway 75.

Air Idaho served the airport as well during the mid 1970s with de Havilland Heron four engine commuter prop aircraft.

In January 2014 this Delta Connection service was enhanced and expanded with SkyWest-operated Canadair CRJ-700 regional jet flights, following the retirement of the aging EMB-120 turboprops.

Horizon Air began serving Sun Valley late in 1983 with nonstop flights to Seattle and Boise, operated with Fairchild F-27 turboprop aircraft.