Person County Airport

Person County Airport (ICAO: KTDF, FAA LID: TDF), also known as Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County, is a county-owned, public-use airport in Person County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It is located six nautical miles (11 km) south of the central business district of Roxboro.

Person County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPerson County
ServesRoxboro, North Carolina
LocationTimberlake, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL609 ft / 186 m
Coordinates36°17′05″N 078°59′05″W
Websitehttp://www.personcounty.net/index.aspx?page=65
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 6,005 1,830 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations34,750
Based aircraft30

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 TDF by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Person County Airport covers an area of 218 acres (88 ha) at an elevation of 609 feet (186 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,005 by 100 feet (1,830 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 26, 2012, the airport had 34,750 aircraft operations, an average of 95 per day: 95% general aviation, 3% military and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 30 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine and 18% multi-engine.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for TDF 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. "Person County Airport (ICAO: KTDF, FAA: TDF)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
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