Kickapoo Downtown Airport

Kickapoo Downtown Airport (IATA: KIP, ICAO: KCWC, FAA LID: CWC, formerly T47) is a city-owned public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Wichita Falls, a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States.[1]

Kickapoo Downtown Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Wichita Falls
ServesWichita Falls, Texas
Elevation AMSL1,003 ft / 306 m
Coordinates33°51′38″N 098°29′25″W
Map
CWC
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 4,450 1,356 Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations22,400
Based aircraft76

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CWC by the FAA and KIP by the IATA[2] (which assigned CWC to Chernovtsy Airport in Chernovtsy, Ukraine).[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Kickapoo Downtown Airport covers an area of 149 acres (60 ha) at an elevation of 1,003 feet (306 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with a concrete surface measuring 4,450 by 75 feet (1,356 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 12, 2008, the airport had 22,400 aircraft operations, an average of 61 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 76 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single-engine, 29% multi-engine, 4% jet and 3% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for CWC PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 2, 2009.
  2. Great Circle Mapper: KIP / KCWC - Wichita Falls, Texas - Kickapoo Downtown Airport
  3. Aviation Safety Network: CWC / UKLN - Chernovtsy Airport, Ukraine
  • "Kickapoo Downtown (CWC)" (PDF). at Texas DOT Airport Directory
  • FAA Terminal Procedures for CWC, effective December 31, 2020
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