Littlefield Municipal Airport

Littlefield Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KLIU – FAA LID: LIU
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Littlefield
Serves Littlefield, Texas
Elevation AMSL 3,616 ft / 1,102 m
Coordinates 33°55′26″N 102°23′12″W / 33.92389°N 102.38667°W / 33.92389; -102.38667
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 4,021 1,226 Asphalt
13/31 2,513 766 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 7,025
Based aircraft 24

Littlefield Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLIU, FAA LID: LIU) is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Littlefield, a city in Lamb County, Texas, United States.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LIU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Littlefield Municipal Airport covers an area of 226 acres (91 ha) at an elevation of 3,616 feet (1,102 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 is 4,021 by 60 feet (1,226 x 18 m) and 13/31 is 2,513 by 40 feet (766 x 12 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 24, 2009, the airport had 7,025 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 99.6% general aviation and 0.4% military. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 50% single-engine, 4% jet, 42% glider and 4% ultralight.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for LIU (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective February 11, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Littlefield Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KLIU, FAA: LIU)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved March 22, 2010.

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