Harriet Alexander Field

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Harriet Alexander Field
IATA: SLT – ICAO: KANK – FAA: ANK
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Salida & Chaffee County
Location Salida, Colorado
Elevation AMSL 7,523 ft / 2,293 m
Coordinates 38°32′18″N 106°02′55″W / 38.53833, -106.04861
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 7,347 2,239 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 36 11 Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 9,653
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Harriet Alexander Field (IATA: SLT, ICAO: KANK, FAA LID: ANK) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) west of the central business district of Salida, a city in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. It is owned by the City of Salida and Chaffee County.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Harriet Alexander Field is assigned ANK (formerly 0V2) by the FAA and SLT by the IATA (which assigned ANK to Etimesgut Airport in Ankara, Turkey). The airport's ICAO identifier is KANK. [2] [3]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Harriet Alexander Field covers an area of 161 acres (65 ha) which contains one runway and one helipad:[1]

  • Runway 6/24: 7,347 x 75 ft. (2,239 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
  • Helipad H1: 36 x 36 ft. (11 x 11 m), Surface: Concrete

For the 12-month period ending April 20, 2006, the airport had 9,653 aircraft operations, 99.5% general aviation and 0.5% military.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for ANK (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: SLT / KANK - Salida, Colorado (Harriet Alexander Field)
  3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: ANK / LTAD - Ankara, Turkey (Etimesgut Airport)

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