Erie Municipal Airport

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Coordinates: 40°00′37″N 105°02′53″W / 40.01028, -105.04806

Erie Municipal Airport
IATA: noneICAO: KEIK – FAA: EIK
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Town of Erie
Location Erie, Colorado
Elevation AMSL 5,130 ft / 1,564 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 2,250 686 Asphalt
15/33 4,700 1,433 Concrete
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 73,660
Based aircraft 227
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Erie Municipal Airport (ICAO: KEIKFAA LID: EIK) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Erie, in Weld County, Colorado, United States. Owned and operated by the Town of Erie[1], it is a general aviation airport with no scheduled passenger service. It was formerly a private airport called Tri-County Airport.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Erie Municipal Airport is assigned EIK by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

This airport is at the southwestern corner of Weld County, bordering Boulder County to the west and the City and County of Broomfield to the south. This particular part of Broomfield was in Adams County prior to the creation of Broomfield County in 2001. The airport is on the north side of State Highway 7 (Baseline Road) about 4 miles west of I-25. Adjacent to the airport is the Erie Airpark subdivision, a residential area designed for private-plane commuters.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Erie Municipal Airport covers an area of 115 acres (47 ha) which contains two runways:

  • Runway 9/27: 2,250 x 50 ft. (686 x 15 m), Surface: Broken Asphalt (Runway is permanently closed)
  • Runway 15/33: 4,700 x 60 ft. (1,433 x 18 m), Surface: Concrete

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 73,660 aircraft operations, an average of 201 per day, 100% of which were general aviation. There are 227 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single engine, 2% multi-engine, 2% ultralight, <1% gliders and <1% helicopters.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for EIK (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KEIK - Erie, Colorado (Erie Municipal Airport)

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