Glendale Municipal Airport

Glendale Municipal Airport (ICAO: KGEU, FAA LID: GEU) is a city-owned, public-use airport located 7 miles (6.1 nmi; 11 km) west of the central business district of Glendale, a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.[2]

This article is about the airport in Glendale, Arizona. For the former airport in Glendale, California, see Grand Central Airport (California).
Glendale Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Glendale
ServesGlendale, Arizona
Elevation AMSL1,071 ft / 326 m
Coordinates33°31′37″N 112°17′42″W
Map
GEU
Location of airport in Arizona
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 7,150 2,179 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations136,289
Based aircraft220

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GEU by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] The airport's ICAO identifier is KGEU.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Glendale Municipal Airport covers an area of 514 acres (208 ha) at an elevation of 1,071 ft (326 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway:

  • 1/19 measuring 7,150 ft × 100 ft (2,179 m × 30 m) asphalt[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 136,289 aircraft operations, an average of 373 per day: 98% general aviation, 1.% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 220 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 11% ultralight, 8% multi-engine, 2% jet, and 1% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for GEU PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "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 September 27, 2012.
  3. "Glendale Municipal Airport (ICAO: KGEU, FAA: GEU, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  4. "Glendale Municipal – GEU (KGEU)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
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