Big Sandy Regional Airport

Big Sandy Regional Airport

K22 aerial photo January 21, 2009
IATA: none – ICAO: KSJS – FAA LID: SJS
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Big Sandy Regional Airport Board
Serves Prestonsburg, Inez, Paintsville
Elevation AMSL 1,221 ft / 372 m
Coordinates 37°45′04″N 082°38′12″W / 37.75111°N 82.63667°W / 37.75111; -82.63667
Website BigSandyRegional.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 6,400
Based aircraft 17
Source: FAA[1] and airport website[2]

Big Sandy Regional Airport (ICAO: KSJS, FAA LID: SJS) (formerly K22) is a public use airport located in southwest Martin County, Kentucky, United States.[2] The airport is nine nautical miles (17 km) northeast of the central business district of Prestonsburg,[1] a city in Floyd County. It is owned by the Big Sandy Regional Airport Board.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Big Sandy Regional Airport covers an area of 136 acres (55 ha) at an elevation of 1,221 feet (372 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 3/21 which measures 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 21, 2006, the airport had 6,400 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 81% general aviation, 14% air taxi and 5% military. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 6% jet and 12% helicopter.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for SJS (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
  2. 1 2 Big Sandy Regional Airport, official web site

External links

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