Alva Regional Airport

Alva Regional Airport (ICAO: KAVK, FAA LID: AVK) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Alva, a city in Woods County, Oklahoma, United States.[2] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

Alva Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Alva
OperatorDerrick Courson[1]
ServesAlva, Oklahoma
Elevation AMSL1,474 ft / 449 m
Coordinates36°46′25″N 098°40′13″W
Websitewww.AlvaOK.org/...
Map
AVK
Location of airport in Oklahoma
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 4,999 1,524 Concrete
8/26 1,300 396 Turf
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations6,500
Based aircraft51

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned AVK by the FAA,[2] but has no designation from the IATA[4] (which assigned AVK to Arvaikheer Airport in Arvaikheer, Mongolia).[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Alva Regional Airport covers an area of 650 acres (263 ha) at an elevation of 1,474 feet (449 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 18/36 is 4,999 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m) with a concrete surface and 8/26 is 1,300 by 170 foot (396 x 52 m) turf runway.[6]

For the 12-month period ending February 19, 2008, the airport had 6,500 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day. At that time there were 51 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter.[2]

References
  1. Marione Martin (2021-01-15). "After 90 day trial period, Courson will continue as airport manager". Alva, Oklahoma: Alva Review Courier. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  2. FAA Airport Form 5010 for AVK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  3. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  4. "Alva Regional Airport (FAA: AVK, ICAO: KAVK, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  5. "IATA Airport Code Search (AVK: Arvaikheer)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  6. "ALVA RGNL". FAA. 2005-04-30. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
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