Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport

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Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport
IATA: EDK – ICAO: KEQA – FAA: EQA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of El Dorado
Location		El Dorado, Kansas
Elevation AMSL		1,378 ft / 420 m
Coordinates		37°46′27″N 096°49′03″W / 37.77417, -96.8175
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	4,204	1,281	Asphalt
15/33	4,200	1,280	Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			13,225
Based aircraft			29
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport (IATA: EDK, ICAO: KEQA, FAA LID: EQA) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of El Dorado, in Butler County, Kansas, United States. This airport is publicly owned by City of El Dorado.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned EQA by the FAA and EDK by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KEQA.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport covers an area of 220 acres (89 ha) which contains two runways:^[1]

Runway 4/22: 4,204 x 75 ft. (1,281 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 15/33: 4,200 x 75 ft. (1,280 x 23 m), Surface: Concrete

For 12-month period ending April 14, 2006, the airport had 13,225 aircraft operations, an average of 36 per day: 99% general aviation (13,200) and <1% military (25). There are 29 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single engine (28) and 3% ultralights (1).^[1]