Lincolnton–Lincoln County Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Lincolnton & Lincoln County
ServesLincolnton, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL877 ft / 267 m
Coordinates35°29′00″N 081°09′40″W / 35.48333°N 81.16111°W / 35.48333; -81.16111
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations34,100
Based aircraft71

Lincolnton–Lincoln County Regional Airport (ICAO: KIPJ, FAA LID: IPJ) is a public use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) east of the central business district of Lincolnton, a city in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the City of Lincolnton & Lincoln County.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is a general aviation airport[2] (it had previously been a reliever airport[3]).

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned IPJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Lincolnton–Lincoln County Regional Airport covers an area of 453 acres (183 ha) at an elevation of 877 feet (267 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 6, 2008, the airport had 34,100 aircraft operations, an average of 93 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. At that time there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 10% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for IPJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
  2. ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.58 MB) Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 6 October 2006.
  4. ↑ "Lincolnton–Lincoln County Regional Airport (ICAO: KIPJ, FAA: IPJ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 16 April 2010.


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