| Newton City-County Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: EWK – ICAO: KEWK – FAA LID: EWK | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Newton & Harvey County | ||
| Serves | Harvey County, Kansas | ||
| Location | Newton, Kansas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,533 ft / 467 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17/35 | 7,003 | 2,135 | Asphalt |
| 8/26 | 3,501 | 1,067 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 65,044 | ||
| Based aircraft | 99 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Newton City-County Airport (IATA: EWK, ICAO: KEWK, FAA LID: EWK) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (3.5 miles; 5.6 km) east of the central business district of Newton, a city in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. It is owned by the City of Newton and Harvey County.[1]
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a reliever airport[2] for Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.[1]
Newton City-County Airport covers an area of 635 acres (257 ha) at an elevation of 1,533 feet (467 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: the larger north-south runway (17/35) measures 7,003 by 100 feet (2,135 x 30 m) and the alternate east-west runway (8/26) measures 3,501 by 60 feet (1,067 x 18 m).[1]
The Hesston College aviation program operates out of Hangar K.
For the 12-month period ending June 10, 2008, the airport had 65,044 aircraft operations, an average of 178 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 99 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 7% jet, 2% helicopter and 1% ultralight.[1]