| Littlefield Municipal Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KLIU – FAA LID: LIU | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Littlefield | ||
| Serves | Littlefield, Texas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,616 ft / 1,102 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 1/19 | 4,021 | 1,226 | Asphalt |
| 13/31 | 2,513 | 766 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 7,025 | ||
| Based aircraft | 24 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Littlefield Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLIU, FAA LID: LIU) is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Littlefield, a city in Lamb County, Texas, United States.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LIU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
Littlefield Municipal Airport covers an area of 226 acres (91 ha) at an elevation of 3,616 feet (1,102 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 is 4,021 by 60 feet (1,226 x 18 m) and 13/31 is 2,513 by 40 feet (766 x 12 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending June 24, 2009, the airport had 7,025 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 99.6% general aviation and 0.4% military. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 50% single-engine, 4% jet, 42% glider and 4% ultralight.[1]