Windham Airport

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Windham Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KIJD – FAA LID: IJD
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT)
Location		Willimantic, Connecticut
Elevation AMSL		247 ft / 75 m
Coordinates		41°44′39″N 072°10′49″W / 41.74417°N 72.18028°W / 41.74417; -72.18028
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	4,278	1,304	Asphalt
18/36	2,797	853	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			30,690
Based aircraft			67
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Windham Airport (ICAO: KIJD, FAA LID: IJD) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Willimantic, a city in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It is owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT).^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Windham Airport is assigned IJD by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Windham Airport covers an area of 280 acres (110 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring 4,278 x 100 ft (1,304 x 30 m) and 18/36 measuring 2,797 x 75 ft (853 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 1, 2005, the airport had 30,690 aircraft operations, an average of 84 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. There are 67 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single engine and 7% multi-engine.

The FBO and Flight School at Windham Airport is owned and operated by Freedom Jets Aviation, LLC. Rentable aircraft include Cessna 152s and 172s, Piper Warriors, and a Piper Arrow. ^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for IJD (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
↑ Great Circle Mapper: KIJD - Willimantic, Connecticut (Windham Airport)

External links

Windham Airport at Connecticut DOT website

Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for IJD
- AirNav airport information for KIJD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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