Gastonia Municipal Airport

Gastonia Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KAKH – FAA LID: AKH
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Gastonia
Serves Gastonia, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL 798 ft / 243 m
Coordinates 35°12′10″N 081°08′59″W / 35.20278°N 81.14972°W / 35.20278; -81.14972Coordinates: 35°12′10″N 081°08′59″W / 35.20278°N 81.14972°W / 35.20278; -81.14972
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AKH

Location of airport in North Carolina

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 3,770 1,149 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 50,040
Based aircraft 36

Gastonia Municipal Airport (ICAO: KAKH, FAA LID: AKH) is a city owned, public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) south of the central business district of Gastonia, a city in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned AKH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned AKH to Prince Sultan Air Base in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia).[4][5]

Facilities and aircraft

Gastonia Municipal Airport covers an area of 280 acres (113 ha) at an elevation of 798 feet (243 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,770 by 100 feet (1,149 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 26, 2009, the airport had 50,040 aircraft operations, an average of 137 per day: 97.9% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 19% multi-engine, and 3% jet.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for AKH (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑ "Gastonia Municipal Airport, North Carolina (ICAO: KAKH, FAA: AKH)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Prince Sultan AB, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia (IATA: AKH, ICAO: OEPS)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Airline and Airport Code Search (AKH: Prince Sultan AB, Al Kharj)". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 28, 2012.

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