Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport

Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport
Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport
	IATA: SLR; ICAO: KSLR; FAA LID: SLR;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Sulphur Springs
Serves	Sulphur Springs, Texas
Elevation AMSL	489 ft / 149 m
Coordinates	33°09′35″N 095°37′16″W / 33.15972°N 95.62111°W
Website	www.SLR.aero
Map
	SLR Location of airport in Texas
Runways
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations	17,910
Based aircraft	74
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (IATA: SLR, ICAO: KSLR, FAA LID: SLR) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Sulphur Springs, a city in Hopkins County, Texas, 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]

It was named Texas Airport of the Year for 2003 by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Facilities and aircraft

Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport covers an area of 197 acres (80 ha) at an elevation of 489 feet (149 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with a concrete surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 7, 2009, the airport had 17,910 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% military, and <1% air taxi. At that time there were 74 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 1% jet, 1% helicopter, and 1% ultralight.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for SLR PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.

External links

Sulphur Springs Airport (City of Sulphur Springs website)
"Sulphur Springs Municipal (SLR)" (PDF). at Texas DOT airport directory
Aerial image as of February 1995 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for SLR, effective January 28, 2021
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for SLR
- AirNav airport information for KSLR
- ASN accident history for SLR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for SLR PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.

[2] "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.

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