Carrabelle-Thompson Airport

Carrabelle-Thompson Airport
(former Carrabelle Flight Strip)

IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: X13
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Carrabelle Port and Airport Authority
Serves Carrabelle, Florida
Elevation AMSL 20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates 29°50′31″N 084°42′04″W / 29.84194°N 84.70111°W / 29.84194; -84.70111Coordinates: 29°50′31″N 084°42′04″W / 29.84194°N 84.70111°W / 29.84194; -84.70111
Map
X13

Location of airport in Florida

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 524

Carrabelle-Thompson Airport (FAA LID: X13) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Carrabelle, a city in Franklin County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the Carrabelle Port and Airport Authority.[1]

History

During World War II, the facility was built in 1943 by the United States Army Air Forces as a Third Air Force auxiliary landing field known as Carrabelle Flight Strip. During the war, it served as an auxiliary airfield, controlled by Dale Mabry Army Airfield near Tallahassee. No permanent units were assigned to the airfield.

Turned over to civil use after the war, it is now a public airport providing general aviation service.

Facilities and aircraft

Carrabelle-Thompson Airport covers an area of 202 acres (82 ha) at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending August 28, 2009, the airport had 524 aircraft operations, an average of 43 per month: 95% general aviation and 5% military.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for X13 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.

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