Lone Star Executive Airport

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Lone Star Executive Airport
IATA: CXO – ICAO: KCXO – FAA: CXO
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Montgomery County
Serves Houston, Texas
Location Conroe, Texas
Elevation AMSL 245 ft / 75 m
Coordinates 30°21′09″N 095°24′52″W / 30.3525, -95.41444
Website co.montgomery.tx.us/air/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
1/19 5,000 1,524 Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 80,060
Based aircraft 254
Sources: airport web site[1] and FAA[2]

Lone Star Executive Airport (IATA: CXO, ICAO: KCXO, FAA LID: CXO) is a county-owned public-use airport located in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas, United States,[1] 37 miles (60 km) north of the central business district of Houston.[2] It is was formerly known as Montgomery County Airport.

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[edit] History

Lone Star Executive Airport was constructed during World War II to serve as a military facility, but was converted in 1945 to be a predominately civilian airfield.[3]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Lone Star Executive Airport covers an area of 1,277 acres (517 ha) which contains two runways: 14/32 with a 6,000 x 150 ft. (1,829 x 46 m) asphalt pavement and 1/19 with a 5,000 x 100 ft. (1,524 x 30 m) concrete surface.[2]

For the 12-month period ending March 14, 2006, the airport had 80,060 aircraft operations, an average of 219 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% military and <1% air taxi. At that time there were 254 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, 2% jet, 3% helicopter and 5% military.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Lone Star Executive Airport at Montgomery County web site
  2. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for CXO (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  3. ^ Jackson, Charles Christopher. Conroe, Texas. Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.

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