Kirksville Regional Airport

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Kirksville Regional Airport
IATA: IRK – ICAO: KIRK – FAA: IRK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Kirksville
Location		near Kirksville, Missouri
Elevation AMSL		966 ft / 294 m
Coordinates		40°05′37″N 092°32′42″W / 40.09361, -92.545
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
18/36	6,005	1,830	Concrete
9/27	1,393	425	Turf
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			8,350
Based aircraft			34
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Kirksville Regional Airport (IATA: IRK, ICAO: KIRK, FAA LID: IRK) is a public airport located six miles (10 km) southeast of the central business district of Kirksville, a city in Adair County, Missouri, United States. The airport is located in unincorporated Adair County and is owned by the City of Kirksville.^[1] It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

On November 5, 2006, Air Midwest (operating as US Airways Express) commenced scheduled service to Kansas City International Airport.^[2] Previously, scheduled service was provided by RegionsAir (operating as American Connection) with flights to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.

Contents 1 Facilities and aircraft 2 Airlines and destinations 3 Incidents 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Kirksville Regional Airport covers an area of 409 acres (166 ha) which contains two runways: 18/36 has concrete paved surface measuring 6,005 x 100 ft. (1,830 x 30 m), and 9/27 has a turf surface measuring 1,393 x 100 ft. (425 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2006, the airport had 8,350 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 78% general aviation, 14% scheduled commercial, 6% air taxi and 2% military. There are 34 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single engine and 3% multi-engine.^[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Air Choice One (St. Louis) [begins TBA] [1]
• US Airways
  • US Airways Express operated by Air Midwest (Kansas City) [ends June 30]

[edit] Incidents

• On October 19, 2004, Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashed on approach to Kirksville. Thirteen individuals died and two sustained injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board determined pilot error to be the cause of the accident. ^{[3] [4]}

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kirksville Regional Airport (official site)
• Kirksville Regional Airport at WikiMapia
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KIRK
  • ASN accident history for IRK
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KIRK

• Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 2515) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
  • Order 2006-8-19: Air Midwest to provide essential air service at KirksvillePDF (405 KiB)
  • Order 2006-6-32: Terminating subsidy under the Essential Air Service program, effective October 1, 2006PDF (218 KiB)
  • Order 2005-6-14: RegionsAir to provide subsidized essential air service from June 1, 2005PDF (2.65 MiB)