- Sierra Vista Municipal Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Sierra Vista Municipal Airport
nativename = Libby Army Airfield
IATA = FHU
ICAO = KFHU
FAA = FHU
type = Public / Military
owner =
operator = City of Sierra Vista andUnited States Army
city-served =Sierra Vista, Arizona
location =Fort Huachuca
elevation-f = 4,719
elevation-m = 1,438
website =
r1-number = 8/26
r1-length-f = 12,001
r1-length-m = 3,658
r1-surface = Concrete
r2-number = 12/30
r2-length-f = 5,366
r2-length-m = 1,636
r2-surface = Asphalt/Concrete
r3-number = 3/21
r3-length-f = 4,285
r3-length-m = 1,306
r3-surface = Asphalt/Concrete
h1-number = H1
h1-length-f = 40
h1-length-m = 12
h1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 157,184
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 118
footnotes = Source:Federal Aviation Administration FAA-airport|ID=FHU|use=PU|own=MR|site=00682.*A, effective 2007-10-25]Sierra Vista Municipal Airport airport codes|FHU|KFHU|FHU, a joint-use airport which shares facilities with Libby Army Airfield, is located on
Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, a city in Cochise County,Arizona ,United States . The airport has threerunway s and onehelipad . It is mostly used for military aviation for the surrounding military base.As per
Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,304 passenger boardings (enplanements) incalendar year 2005 and 2,041 enplanements in 2006. [ [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2006] ] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Sierra Vista is a "general aviation " airport (the "commercial service" category requires at least 2,500 passenger boardings per year). [ [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011] ] Scheduled commercial service byGreat Lakes Airlines toPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ended on February 28, 2007. [cite web | url = http://www.ci.sierra-vista.az.us/City%20Page/PressReleases/0202airservice.htm | title = Commercial air service to Sierra Vista Municipal Airport to end March 1st | work = City of Sierra Vista press release | date = 2007-02-02]Facilities and aircraft
Sierra Vista Municipal/Libby Army Airfield has three
runway s and onehelipad :
* Runway 8/26: 12,001 x 150 ft. (3,658 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
* Runway 12/30: 5,366 x 100 ft. (1,636 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete
* Runway 3/21: 4,285 x 75 ft. (1,306 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete
* Helipad H1: 40 x 40 ft. (12 x 12 m), Surface: AsphaltFor the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 157,184 aircraft operations, an average of 430 per day: 74% military, 24% general aviation, 1% scheduled commercial and <1% air taxi. There are 118 aircraft based at this airport: 59% single engine, 24% military, 7% multi engine, 7% helicopters and 3% ultralights.
References
External links
* [http://www.ci.sierra-vista.az.us/cms1//index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=19&Itemid=476 Sierra Vista Municipal Airport] at City of Sierra Vista web site
* [http://www.azdot.gov/aviation/airports/airports_list.asp?FAA=FHU Sierra Vista Municipal Airport] at Arizona DOT web site
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/libby.htm Libby Army Airfield] (GlobalSecurity.org)
*Wikimapia|31.588472|-110.344389|14|Satellite photo
*FAA-diagram|05081
*US-airport-ga|FHU
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