Middleton Field
| Middleton Field | |||||||||||||||
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 NAIP aerial image, 30 June 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| IATA: none – ICAO: KGZH – FAA LID: GZH | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Evergreen | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Evergreen, Alabama | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 259 ft / 79 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°24′57″N 087°02′39″W / 31.41583°N 87.04417°W | ||||||||||||||
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Middleton Field (ICAO: KGZH, FAA LID: GZH, formerly 39J) is a public-use airport located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of the central business district of Evergreen, a city in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[2] Although the airport is owned by the City of Evergreen, it is primarily used for flight training by the U.S Navy.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Middleton Field is assigned GZH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
Facilities and aircraft
Middleton Field covers an area of 200 acres (81 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways (1/19 and 10/28) each measuring 4,000 by 150 ft (1,219 by 46 m). For the 12-month period ending June 25, 2007, the airport had 134,005 aircraft operations, an average of 367 per day: 96% military and 4% general aviation.[1]
Accidents
On July 13, 1982, Lt. Cmdr. Barbara Allen Rainey, the U.S. Navy's first female pilot, and her student were killed in a crash while practicing touch-and-go landings at Middleton Field.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for GZH (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
- ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
- ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KGZH - Evergreen, Alabama (Middleton Field)
- ↑ Arlington Cemetery Biography for Lt. Cmdr. Barbara Allen Rainey
External links
- Airfield photos for GZH from Civil Air Patrol
- FAA Terminal Procedures for GZH, effective January 7, 2016
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for GZH
- AirNav airport information for KGZH
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
