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Arlington Municipal Airport (Texas)

Arlington Municipal Airport
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  • IATA: none
  • ICAO: KGKY
  • FAA LID: GKY
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCity of Arlington
ServesArlington, Texas
Elevation AMSL628 ft / 191 m
Coordinates32°39′50″N 097°05′39″W / 32.66389°N 97.09417°W
Website[1]
Map
GKY is located in Texas
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GKY is located in the United States
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 6,080 1,853 Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations151,600
Based aircraft250

Arlington Municipal Airport (ICAO: KGKY, FAA LID: GKY) is five miles south of Arlington, in Tarrant County, Texas.[1] The airport is at the intersection of Interstate 20 and South Collins Road; it is a reliever airport for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field.

Several companies operate aircraft services on the airport property, including the Bell Helicopter division of Textron.

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport GKY to the FAA and has no IATA code.[2]

Facilities

The airport covers 500 acres (200 ha) at an elevation of 628 feet (191 m). Its single runway, 16/34, is 6,080 by 100 feet (1,853 x 30 m) concrete.[1]

In 2006 the airport had 151,600 aircraft operations, average 415 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi and <1% military. 250 aircraft were then based at this airport: 70% single-engine, 22% multi-engine, 6% helicopter and 2% jet.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for GKY PDF, effective 2009-05-07.
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KGKY - Arlington, Texas

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