Wayne County Airport (Kentucky)

Wayne County Airport (ICAO: KEKQ, FAA LID: EKQ) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the central business district of Monticello, a city in Wayne County, Kentucky, United States. It is owned by the Wayne County Airport Board.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[2]

Wayne County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerWayne Co. Arpt Board
ServesMonticello, Kentucky
Elevation AMSL963 ft / 294 m
Coordinates36°51′19″N 084°51′22″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations8,437
Based aircraft22

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned EKQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Wayne County Airport covers an area of 121 acres (49 ha) at an elevation of 963 feet (294 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 21, 2007, the airport had 8,437 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day: 89% general aviation, 9% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 68% single-engine, 23% multi-engine and 9% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for EKQ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
  2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 3 (PDF, 1.28 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. "Wayne County Airport (ICAO: KEKQ, FAA: EKQ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
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