Розуэлл әуежайы: тарихы мен қазіргі жағдайы

the military use of this facility prior to 1967

Roswell Air Center (Roswell International Air Center; Roswell Industrial Air Center) is an airport 5 mile (8 km) south of Roswell, in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States. A Lockheed JetStar, once owned by Elvis Presley, and sold at auction in May 2017, had spent over 30 years sitting on a tarmac at the airport. The Jetstar was again sold at auction in January 2023 for $286,000. On April 2, 2011, a new Gulfstream G650 crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport during a test flight that was being conducted by the manufacturer of this large, twin engine business jet, killing all four aboard. The airport was used by Felix Baumgartner to launch his record breaking freefall jump from the stratosphere on October 14, 2012. On August 23, 2016, as part of a dramatic fleet renewal plan, American Airlines retired 20 McDonnell Douglas MD 80 aircraft to Roswell, resulting in the most aircraft retired by a commercial airline in a single day. On September 4, 2019, American Airlines retired its remaining McDonnell Douglas MD 80 aircraft to Roswell.

In addition to the airport, RIAC is home to Millennium Transit Services, New Mexico Rehabilitation Center, a plastics manufacturer, and a candy manufacturer. Eastern New Mexico University has a campus there, and aircraft repair and refurbishing companies including AerSale have airliners stored onsite. In 2002 a series of charter flights operated by Trans World Airlines (TWA) with Boeing 767 300 aircraft were flown into Roswell in order to transport trainees for the Federal Air Marshal service. This training was conducted at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in nearby Artesia. The Boeing Company uses the airfield for braking performance testing of its aircraft, most recently the testing of BF Goodrich carbon brakes on the Boeing 737 900ER model. Brake testing has also been performed on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in 2014 and the Boeing 777x at the airport in April 2021. A New Mexico National Guard unit uses several buildings on the airport grounds. The airport also serves as a bustling aircraft boneyard, with such airlines as Air Canada, Copa Airlines, Kenya Airways and Scoot storing their used aircraft at the location. During the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020, more than 300 aircraft were ferried to ROW for storage, mostly by American Airlines and United Airlines. Elvis Presley 's private jet was parked here for 40 years before being sold in 2023.

On April 2, 2011, a Gulfstream G650/G700/G800 crashed during takeoff, killing the four Gulfstream employees on board. During the test flight, the right engines's thrust was reduced to idle, causing the aircraft to be airborne at a high angle of attack before the right wing tip hit the runway, slid on the ground, struck a concrete structure and caught fire.