Fayette County Airport (Tennessee)

Fayette County Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Fayette County
Serves Somerville, Tennessee
Elevation AMSL 436 ft / 133 m
Coordinates 35°12′28″N 089°23′40″W / 35.20778°N 89.39444°W / 35.20778; -89.39444
Map
KFYE

Location of airport in Tennessee

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 10,166
Based aircraft 40

Fayette County Airport (ICAO: KFYE, FAA LID: FYE) is a county-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the central business district of Somerville, in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it was classified as a general aviation airport.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FYE by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Fayette County Airport covers an area of 138 acres (56 ha) at an elevation of 436 feet (133 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 4, 2007, the airport had 10,166 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 40 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% multi-engine.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for FYE (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 17 December 2009.
  2. ↑ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009–2013
  3. ↑ KFYE - Somerville, Tennessee - Fayette County Airport. Great Circle Mapper. Accessed 25 January 2010.
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