| Lincolnton-Lincoln County Regional Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KIPJ – FAA LID: IPJ | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Lincolnton & Lincoln County | ||
| Serves | Lincolnton, North Carolina | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 877 ft / 267 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 5/23 | 5,500 | 1,676 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 34,100 | ||
| Based aircraft | 71 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Lincolnton-Lincoln County Regional Airport (ICAO: KIPJ, FAA LID: IPJ) is a public use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) east of the central business district of Lincolnton, a city in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the City of Lincolnton & Lincoln County.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is a general aviation airport[2] (it had previously been a reliever airport[3]).
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned IPJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[4]
Lincolnton-Lincoln County Regional Airport covers an area of 453 acres (183 ha) at an elevation of 877 feet (267 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending June 6, 2008, the airport had 34,100 aircraft operations, an average of 93 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. At that time there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 10% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.[1]