Toccoa Airport

Toccoa Airport (IATA: TOC, ICAO: KTOC, FAA LID: TOC), also known as R. G. LeTourneau Field, is a public use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the central business district of Toccoa, a city in Stephens County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the Toccoa-Stephens County Authority.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation airport.[2]

Toccoa Airport

R.G. LeTourneau Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerToccoa-Stephens County Authority
ServesToccoa, Georgia
Elevation AMSL996 ft / 304 m
Coordinates34°35′34″N 083°17′47″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 5,008 1,526 Asphalt
9/27 2,951 899 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations26,000
Based aircraft32

Local businessman and aviation buff R. G. LeTourneau created the airport in the late 1930s when he built two runways for his personal use. LeTourneau donated the runways to the city and county in 1961 and the airfield was named in his honor.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 285 acres (115 ha) at an elevation of 996 feet (304 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 is 5,008 by 100 feet (1,526 x 30 m) and 9/27 is 2,951 by 50 feet (899 x 15 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 26, 2009, the airport had 26,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 71 per day. At that time there were 32 aircraft based at this airport: 72% single-engine and 28% multi-engine.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for TOC PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
  2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 2 (PDF, 1.04 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. "Toccoa-Stephens County Airport". Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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