Halifax–Northampton Regional Airport

Halifax–Northampton Regional Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KIXA – FAA LID: IXA
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Halifax–Northampton Regional Airport Authority
Serves Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL 145 ft / 44 m
Coordinates 36°19′47″N 077°38′07″W / 36.32972°N 77.63528°W / 36.32972; -77.63528Coordinates: 36°19′47″N 077°38′07″W / 36.32972°N 77.63528°W / 36.32972; -77.63528
Map
IXA

Location of airport in North Carolina

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 2,900
Based aircraft 20

Halifax–Northampton Regional Airport (ICAO: KIXA, FAA LID: IXA) is a public use airport located eight nautical miles (9 mi, 15 km) south of the central business district of Roanoke Rapids, a city in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It is owned by the Halifax–Northampton Regional Airport Authority.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned IXA by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned IXA to Singerbhil Airport in Agartala, India).[4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KIXA.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Halifax–Northampton Regional Airport covers an area of 797 acres (323 ha) at an elevation of 145 feet (44 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 101 feet (1,676 x 31 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 17, 2009, the airport had 2,900 aircraft operations, an average of 241 per month: 90% general aviation and 10% military. At that time there were 20 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% multi-engine.[1]

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 FAA Airport Master Record for IXA (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. ↑ "Halifax–Northampton Regional (ICAO: KIXA, FAA: IXA, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Agartala-Singerbhil Airport, India (IATA: IXA, ICAO: VEAT)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Halifax–Northampton Regional – IXA (KIXA)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 10, 2012. External link in |work= (help)

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