Bessemer Airport

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Coordinates: 33°18′45″N 086°55′35″W / 33.3125, -86.92639

Bessemer Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KEKY – FAA: EKY
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Bessemer
Location		Bessemer, Alabama
Elevation AMSL		700 ft / 213 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
5/23	6,007	1,831	Asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Bessemer Airport (ICAO: KEKY, FAA LID: EKY, formerly 2A3) is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles (4.8 km) southeast of the central business district of Bessemer, a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.^[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, it is categorized as a reliever airport.^[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Bessemer Airport is assigned EKY by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[3]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Bessemer Airport covers 380 acres (154 ha) and has one asphalt paved runway (5/23) measuring 6,007 x 100 ft (1,831 x 30 m).^[1] An Instrument Landing System was installed in 2000.^[4] The airport received funding to expand the runway from 5,700 feet (1,737 m).

For the 12-month period ending January 24, 2007, the airport had 102,600 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 281 per day. At that time there were 167 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 7% multi-engine and 2% jet.^[1]