Gatesville Municipal Airport

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Gatesville Municipal Airport (formerly City-County Airport)
IATA: none – ICAO: KGOP – FAA: GOP
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Gatesville
Location		Gatesville, Texas
Elevation AMSL		905 ft / 276 m
Coordinates		31°25′17″N 097°47′49″W / 31.42139, -97.79694
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
17/35	3,400	1,036	Asphalt
Statistics (2003)
Aircraft operations			4,200
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Gatesville Municipal Airport (ICAO: KGOP, FAA LID: GOP) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Gatesville, a city in Coryell County, Texas, United States. This general aviation airport is owned by the City of Gatesville.^[1] It was formerly known as City-County Airport, at which time it was co-owned by Coryell County.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Gatesville Municipal Airport is assigned GOP (formerly 05F) by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned GOP to Gorakhpur Airport in Gorakhpur, India). ^{[2] [3]}

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Gatesville Municipal Airport covers an area of 51 acres (21 ha) which contains one Asphalt paved runway, 17/35, measuring 3,400 x 60 ft. (1,036 x 18 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending February 19, 2003, the airport had 4,200 aircraft operations, 100% of which were general aviation.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for GOP (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KGOP - Gatesville, Texas (Gatesville Municipal Airport)
3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: GOP / VEGK - Gorakhpur, India

[edit] External links

• Gatesville Municipal Airport at WikiMapia
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KGOP
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KGOP