Indianapolis Executive Airport

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Coordinates: 40°01′50″N 086°15′05″W / 40.03056, -86.25139

Indianapolis Executive Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KTYQ – FAA: TYQ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Hamilton County Board of Aviation Commissioners
Serves		Indianapolis, Indiana
Location		Zionsville, Indiana
Elevation AMSL		922 ft / 281 m
Website		www.indyexecairport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
18/36	5,501	1,677	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			34,891
Based aircraft			91
Source: FAA^[1] and airport web site^[2]

Indianapolis Executive Airport (ICAO: KTYQ, FAA LID: TYQ) is a public airport at 11329 E. State Road 32 in Zionsville,^[2] a town in Boone County, Indiana, United States. The airport is located just west of the border of Hamilton County and is owned by the Hamilton County Board of Aviation Commissioners. It is 14 miles (23 km) northwest of the central business district of Indianapolis and serves as a reliever airport for Indianapolis International Airport.^[1] The airport is also five miles north from the center of Danville.^[3]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Indianapolis Executive Airport is assigned TYQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[4] It was formerly known as Terry Airport (FAA LID: I52).

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Indianapolis Executive Airport covers an area of 567 acres (229 ha) and contains one runway designated 18/36 with a 5,501 x 100 ft. (1,677 x 30 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 34,891 aircraft operations, an average of 95 per day: 95% general aviation and 5% air taxi. There are 91 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 7% multi-engine and 13% jet.^[1]