Tipton Airport

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Tipton Airport
IATA: FME – ICAO: KFME – FAA: FME
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Tipton Airport Authority
Location		Fort Meade / Odenton, Maryland
Elevation AMSL		150 ft / 46 m
Coordinates		39°05′07″N 076°45′34″W / 39.08528, -76.75944
Website		TiptonAirport.org
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
10/28	3,000	914	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			48,000
Based aircraft			111
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Tipton Airport (IATA: FME, ICAO: KFME, FAA LID: FME) is a public airport located just south of Fort George G. Meade in Odenton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The facility is bordered by Fort Meade, the National Security Agency, and the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. This airport opened in 1999 on the site of a former United States Army Airfield that was closed in 1995. It is operated by the Tipton Airport Authority.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Tipton Airport covers an area of 366 acres (148 ha) which contains one paved runway (10/28) measuring 3,000 x 75 ft. (914 x 23 m).^[1]

For 12-month period ending April 21, 2006, the airport had 48,000 aircraft operations, an average of 131 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. There are 111 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single engine, 5% multi-engine and 6% helicopters.^[1]