| Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: EDK – ICAO: KEQA – FAA LID: EQA | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of El Dorado | ||
| Operator | Deric Karst | ||
| Location | El Dorado, Kansas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,378 ft / 420 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 4/22 | 4,204 | 1,281 | Asphalt |
| 15/33 | 4,200 | 1,280 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 13,225 | ||
| Based aircraft | 29 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport (IATA: EDK, ICAO: KEQA, FAA LID: EQA) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of El Dorado, in Butler County, Kansas, United States. This airport is publicly owned by City of El Dorado.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned EQA by the FAA and EDK by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KEQA.[2]
Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport covers an area of 220 acres (89 ha) which contains two runways:[1]
For 12-month period ending April 14, 2006, the airport had 13,225 aircraft operations, an average of 36 per day: 99% general aviation (13,200) and <1% military (25). There are 29 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single engine (28) and 3% ultralights (1).[1]