Independence Municipal Airport (Kansas)

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Coordinates: 37°09′30″N 095°46′42″W / 37.15833, -95.77833

Independence Municipal Airport

IATA: IDP – ICAO: KIDP – FAA: IDP
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Independence
Serves		Independence, Kansas
Elevation AMSL		825 ft / 251 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	5,501	1,677	Asphalt
4/22	3,402	1,037	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			10,600
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Independence Municipal Airport (IATA: IDP, ICAO: KIDP, FAA LID: IDP) is a city-owned public-use airport located five miles (8 km) southwest of the central business district of Independence, a city in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States.^[1]

1 History
2 Facilities and aircraft
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

During World War II, the facilty was known as Independence Army Airfield and was used as a United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force. It was opened in February 1944.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Independence Municipal Airport has an elevation of 825 feet and covers an area of 1,433 acres (580 ha). It contains two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 measuring 5,501 x 100 ft. (1,677 x 30 m) and 4/22 measuring 3,402 x 60 ft. (1,037 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending September 12, 2005, the airport had 10,600 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per day: 86% general aviation, 13% air taxi and <1% military.^[1]