Lincolnton–Lincoln County Regional Airport

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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[edit]

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]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d 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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