New Century AirCenter

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New Century AirCenter
IATA: JCI - ICAO: KIXD - FAA: IXD
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Johnson County Airport Commission
Serves Gardner, Kansas
Elevation AMSL 1,087 ft (331.3 m)
Coordinates 38°49′51″N, 94°53′25″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 7,339 2,237 Asphalt
4/22 5,130 1,564 Asphalt

New Century AirCenter (IATA: JCI, ICAO: KIXD, FAA LID: IXD), formerly known as Johnson County Industrial Airport, is a general aviation airport located four miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district (CBD) of Olathe, a city in Johnson County, Kansas, USA.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, New Century AirCenter is assigned IXD by the FAA and JCI by the IATA (which assigned IXD to Bamrauli Airport in Allahabad, India[1]).

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[edit] History

Originally constructed as a Naval Air Station in the early 1940s, the airport was acquired by Johnson County in 1973 and renamed Johnson County Industrial Airport. In 1995 the name was changed to New Century AirCenter.

[edit] Facilities

New Century AirCenter covers 2,600 acres and has two runways:

  • Runway 18/36: 7,339 x 150 ft. (2,237 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
  • Runway 4/22: 5,130 x 100 ft. (1,564 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
Low altitude photograph of New Century AirCenter
Low altitude photograph of New Century AirCenter

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ IXD (Great Circle Airport Data)

[edit] External links


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