Summit Airport (Delaware)

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Summit Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KEVY – FAA: EVY
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Summit Aviation, Inc.
Location		Middletown, Delaware
Elevation AMSL		70 ft / 21 m
Coordinates		39°31′13″N 075°43′14″W / 39.52028, -75.72056
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	4,487	1,368	Asphalt
11/29	3,600	1,097	Turf
Statistics (2002)
Aircraft operations			89,600
Based aircraft			103
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Summit Airport (ICAO: KEVY, FAA LID: EVY) is a public-use airport located five miles (8 km) north of the central business district of Middletown, in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is privately owned by Summit Aviation, Inc.^[1]

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

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Summit Airport covers an area of 209 acres (85 ha) which contains two runways:^[1]

Runway 17/35: 4,487 x 65 ft. (1,368 x 20 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 11/29: 3,600 x 200 ft. (1,097 x 61 m), Surface: Turf

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2002, the airport had 89,600 aircraft operations, an average of 245 per day: 99.7% general aviation, 0.2% air taxi and 0.1% military. There are 103 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single engine, 5% multi-engine, 1% jet aircraft and 7% helicopters.^[1]