Sturgis Municipal Airport (Kentucky)

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Sturgis Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KTWT – FAA LID: TWT
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Union County Air Board
Serves Sturgis, Kentucky
Location Union County, near Sturgis, Kentucky
Elevation AMSL 372 ft / 113 m
Coordinates 37°32′30″N 087°57′16″W / 37.54167°N 87.95444°W / 37.54167; -87.95444
Website SturgisAirport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 9,250

Sturgis Municipal Airport (ICAO: KTWT, FAA LID: TWT) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) east of the central business district of Sturgis, a city in Union County, Kentucky, United States. It is owned by the Union County Air Board.[1] The airport was built in 1941 by the U.S. Army to provide pilot training during the World War II.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned TWT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned TWT to an airport in Tawitawi, Philippines).[3][4]

Facilities and aircraft

Sturgis Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,307 acres (529 ha) at an elevation of 372 feet (113 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 18/36 which measures 5,000 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending February 7, 2006, the airport had 9,250 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 90% general aviation, 8% air taxi and 2% military.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for TWT (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-09-25.
  2. ↑ Sturgis Municipal Airport, official site
  3. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KTWT - Sturgis, Kentucky (Sturgis Municipal Airport)
  4. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: TWT - Tawitawi, Philippines

External links


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