Newark-Heath Airport

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Coordinates: 40°01′29″N 082°27′43″W / 40.02472, -82.46194

Newark-Heath Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KVTA – FAA: VTA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Licking County Regional Airport Authority
Serves		Newark, Ohio
Elevation AMSL		884 ft / 269 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	4,649	1,417	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			12,457
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Newark-Heath Airport (ICAO: KVTA, FAA LID: VTA) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Newark, a city in Licking County, Ohio, United States. It is owned by the Licking County Regional Airport Authority.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Newark-Heath Airport is assigned VTA by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Newark-Heath Airport covers an area of 140 acres (57 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (9/27) measuring 4,649 x 75 ft. (1,417 x 23 m) For the 12-month period ending March 20, 2007, the airport had 12,457 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% military and <1% air taxi.^[1]