| Troy Municipal Airport | |||
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| IATA: TOI – ICAO: KTOI – FAA LID: TOI | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Troy | ||
| Serves | Troy, Alabama | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 398 ft / 121 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 7/25 | 5,009 | 1,527 | Asphalt |
| 14/32 | 5,022 | 1,531 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 69,088 | ||
| Based aircraft | 39 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Troy Municipal Airport (IATA: TOI, ICAO: KTOI, FAA LID: TOI) is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (4.6 mi, 7.4 km) northwest of the central business district of Troy, a city in Pike County, Alabama, United States.[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
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Activated on 11 January 1942 as a satellite airfield for the United States Army Air Forces Maxwell Field near Montgomery. Known as Maxwell AAF Aux No. 4 - Troy (aka Troy No. 5)
Also conducted basic flying training throughout the war. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned. Transferred as inactive to the US Army Corps of Engineers on 1 April 1946 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program.
The airfield was turned over to civil control though the War Assets Administration (WAA). [3] [4] [5]
Troy Municipal Airport covers an area of 501 acres (203 ha) at an elevation of 398 feet (121 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt-paved runways: 14/32 measuring 5,022 by 100 feet (1,531 by 30 meters) and 7/25 measuring 5,009 by 100 feet (1,527 by 30 meters).[1] The tower and radar facilities are run by U.S. Army air traffic controllers. The airport is dominated by student pilots flying TH-67 helicopters from Fort Rucker between the times of 800–1030L and 2:00–4:00PML.
For the 12-month period ending August 3, 2010, the airport had 69,088 aircraft operations, an average of 189 per day: 59% general aviation and 41% military. At that time there were 39 aircraft based at this airport: 74% single-engine, 18% multi-engine and 8% jet.[1]
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