Joseph State Airport

Joseph State Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KJSY – FAA LID: JSY
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Oregon Department of Aviation
Serves Joseph, Oregon
Elevation AMSL 4,121 ft / 1,256 m
Coordinates 45°21′34″N 117°15′14″W / 45.35944°N 117.25389°W / 45.35944; -117.25389
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 5,200 1,585 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 3,850
Based aircraft 13

Joseph State Airport (ICAO: KJSY, FAA LID: JSY, formerly 4S3) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) west of the central business district of Joseph, a city in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. It is owned by the Oregon Department of Aviation.[1]

Commercial flights are not currently available to Joseph. The nearest commercial flights are at the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport in Pendleton.

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned JSY by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned JSY to Syros Island National Airport on Syros Island in Greece[2]).

Facilities and aircraft

Joseph State Airport covers an area of 103 acres (42 ha) at an elevation of 4,121 feet (1,256 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,200 by 60 feet (1,585 x 18 m).[1] The airport has automatic lighting and no control tower.[3]

For the 12-month period ending April 27, 2009, the airport had 3,850 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day: 93.5% general aviation and 6.5% air taxi. At that time there were 13 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine and 8% helicopter.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for JSY (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Syros Island, Greece (IATA: JSY, ICAO: LGSO)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.josephoregon.com/airport.htm

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