| Hammond Northshore Regional Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KHDC – FAA LID: HDC | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Hammond | ||
| Serves | Hammond, Louisiana | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 47 ft / 14 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 13/31 | 6,502 | 1,982 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| 18/36 | 5,001 | 1,524 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 76,850 | ||
| Based aircraft | 113 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Hammond Northshore Regional Airport (ICAO: KHDC, FAA LID: HDC) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Hammond, a city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned HDC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
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Hammond Northshore Regional Airport covers an area of 920 acres (370 ha) at an elevation of 47 feet (14 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 13/31 is 6,502 by 100 feet (1,982 x 30 m) with an asphalt/concrete surface; 18/36 is 5,001 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m) with a concrete surface.[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 16, 2008, the airport had 76,850 aircraft operations, an average of 210 per day: 82% general aviation, 16% military and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 113 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single-engine, 18% military, 9% multi-engine, 5% jet and 1% helicopter.[1]
The Louisiana Army National Guard maintains a 56-acre (230,000 m2) campus (constructed in 2008-2009) at the Hammond airport, which is home to the 1/244th Air Assault Helicopter Battalion, which operates UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, and the 204th Theater Air Operation Command.[3]
During World War II, part of the airport served as a detention camp for prisoners of war from Germany.