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Gastonia Municipal Airport

Coordinates: 35°12′10″N 081°08′59″W / 35.20278°N 81.14972°W / 35.20278; -81.14972
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Gastonia Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Gastonia
ServesGastonia, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL798 ft / 243 m
Coordinates35°12′10″N 081°08′59″W / 35.20278°N 81.14972°W / 35.20278; -81.14972
Websitegastonianc.gov/municipal-airport
Map
AKH is located in North Carolina
AKH
AKH
Location of airport in North Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 3,769 1,149 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 7/4/2022)9,910
Based aircraft45

Gastonia Municipal Airport (ICAO: KAKH, FAA LID: AKH) is a city-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) south of the central business district of Gastonia, a city in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of AKH by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code (the IATA assigned AKH to Prince Sultan Air Base in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia).[1][3][4][5]

Facilities and aircraft

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Gastonia Municipal Airport covers an area of 280 acres (113 ha) at an elevation of 798 feet (243 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,769 by 100 feet (1,149 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 4, 2022, the airport had 9,910 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 99% general aviation, and <1% military. At that time there were 45 aircraft based at this airport: 39 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, 1 helicopter, and 1 jet.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for AKH PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems Archived October 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "Gastonia Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KAKH, FAA: AKH)". Great Circle Mapper. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  5. ^ "Prince Sultan AB, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia (IATA: AKH, ICAO: OEPS)". Great Circle Mapper. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
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