Decatur Municipal Airport

Decatur Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KLUD – FAA LID: LUD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Decatur
Serves	Decatur, Texas
Elevation AMSL	1,047 ft / 319 m
Coordinates	33°15′15″N 097°34′50″W / 33.25417°N 97.58056°W
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 4,200 1,280 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 13,200 Based aircraft 48
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Decatur Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLUD, FAA LID: LUD) is a city-owned public airport two miles (3.7 km) north of Decatur, in Wise County, Texas.^[1]

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is assigned LUD by the FAA and has no IATA designation^[2] (IATA assigned LUD to Lüderitz Airport in Namibia^[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Decatur Municipal Airport covers 205 acres (83 ha) at an elevation of 1,047 feet (319 m) above mean sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,200 by 60 feet (1,280 x 18 m) asphalt.^[1]

In the year ending September 4, 2008 the airport had 13,200 general aviation operations, average 36 per day. 48 aircraft were then based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 13% multi-engine and 8% glider.^[1]

References

1. FAA Airport Master Record for LUD (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 11 February 2010.
2. "Decatur Municipal Airport, Texas (IATA: none, ICAO: KLUD, FAA: LUD)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
3. "Luderitz Airport, Namibia (IATA: LUD, ICAO: FYLZ)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 March 2010.

External links

• Decatur Municipal (LUD) PDF at Texas DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of February 1995 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for LUD, effective January 7, 2016
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for LUD
  • AirNav airport information for KLUD
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures