Kleberg County Airport

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Kleberg County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerKleberg County
ServesKingsville, Texas
Elevation AMSL130 ft / 40 m
Coordinates27°33′03″N 098°01′51″W / 27.55083°N 98.03083°W / 27.55083; -98.03083
WebsiteKlebergCountyAirport.com
Map
IKG is located in Texas
IKG
IKG
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations7,400
Based aircraft11

Kleberg County Airport (ICAO: KIKG, FAA LID: IKG) is a county-owned, public-use airport located nine nautical miles (10 miles; 17 km) west of the central business district of Kingsville, a city in Kleberg County, Texas, United States.[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned IKG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft[edit]

Kleberg County Airport covers an area of 295 acres (119 ha) at an elevation of 130 feet (40 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,000 by 75 feet (1,829 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 20, 2011, the airport had 7,400 aircraft operations, an average of 20 per day: 81% general aviation, 18% military, and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single-engine, 9% jet and 18% helicopter.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for IKG PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB) Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Kleberg County Airport (FAA: IKG, ICAO: KIKG)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2 July 2011.

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