Tri-County Airport (North Carolina)

Tri-County Airport (ICAO: KASJ, FAA LID: ASJ) is a public use airport located nine nautical miles (10 mi, 17 km) west of the central business district of Ahoskie, in Hertford County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the Tri-County Airport Authority.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Tri-County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTri-County Airport Authority
ServesAhoskie, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL68 ft / 21 m
Coordinates36°17′51″N 077°10′15″W
Map
ASJ
Location of airport in North Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 4,502 1,372 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations13,100
Based aircraft9

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ASJ by the FAA[1] but has no assignment from the IATA[3] (which assigned ASJ to Amami Oshima Airport in Amami Ōshima, Japan).[4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KASJ.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Tri-County Airport covers an area of 250 acres (101 ha) at an elevation of 68 feet (21 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,502 by 75 feet (1,372 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 18, 2009, the airport had 13,100 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 9 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine and 11% jet.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for ASJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  3. "Tri-County Airport (ICAO: KASJ, FAA: ASJ, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  4. "Amami O Shima Airport, Japan (IATA: ASJ, ICAO: RJKA)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  5. "Tri-County – ASJ (KASJ)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 29, 2012. External link in |work= (help)


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