Driggs–Reed Memorial Airport

Driggs–Reed Memorial Airport (ICAO: KDIJ, FAA LID: DIJ, formerly U59) is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of Driggs, a city in Teton County, Idaho, United States.[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Driggs–Reed Memorial Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Driggs
ServesDriggs, Idaho
Elevation AMSL6,229 ft / 1,899 m
Coordinates43°44′33″N 111°05′51″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 7,300 2,225 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Aircraft operations8,000
Based aircraft90

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned DIJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned DIJ to Dijon Airport in Dijon, France[4]).

Facilities and aircraft operations

Driggs–Reed Memorial Airport covers an area of 184 acres (74 ha) at an elevation of 6,229 feet (1,899 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,300 by 100 feet (2,225 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 8, 2013, the airport had 8,000 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 86.3% general aviation and 13.7% air taxi. At that time there were 90 aircraft based at this airport: 69% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 12% jet, 2% helicopter and 11% glider.[1]

Utility aircraft at Driggs Airport showing surrounding topography.

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for DIJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 10 December 2015.
  2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 2 (PDF, 1.04 MB) Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. "Orange City Municipal Airport (FAA: DIJ, ICAO: KDIJ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  4. "Dijon Airport, France (IATA: DIJ, ICAO: LFSD)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.