Sandpoint Airport

For the airport in Sand Point, Alaska, see Sand Point Airport.
Sandpoint Airport
Dave Wall Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KSZT – FAA LID: SZT
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Bonner County
Serves Sandpoint, Idaho
Elevation AMSL 2,131 ft / 650 m
Coordinates 48°17′58″N 116°33′36″W / 48.29944°N 116.56000°W / 48.29944; -116.56000
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 5,501 1,677 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 29,900
Based aircraft 85

Sandpoint Airport (ICAO: KSZT, FAA LID: SZT) is a county-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Sandpoint, in Bonner County, Idaho, United States.[1] The airport is also known as Dave Wall Field.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned SZT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned SZT to San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport in Mexico[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Sandpoint Airport covers an area of 104 acres (42 ha) at an elevation of 2,131 feet (650 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 1/19 which measures 5,501 by 75 feet (1,677 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 28, 2006, the airport had 29,900 aircraft operations, an average of 81 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 85 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 2% helicopter and 1% jet.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for SZT (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.
  2. ↑ Idaho Community Profiles: Sandpoint PDF (252 KB). Idaho Department of Commerce.
  3. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KSZT - Sandpoint, Idaho
  4. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: SZT / MMSC - San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México

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