- Decatur Municipal Airport
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For the airport in Decatur, Illinois, see Decatur Airport.
Decatur Municipal Airport IATA: none – ICAO: KLUD – FAA LID: LUD Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Decatur Serves Decatur, Texas Elevation AMSL 1,047 ft / 319 m Coordinates 33°15′15″N 097°34′50″W / 33.25417°N 97.58056°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 4,200 1,280 Asphalt Statistics (2008) Aircraft operations 13,200 Based aircraft 48 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Decatur Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLUD, FAA LID: LUD) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the central business district of Decatur, a city in Wise County, Texas, United States.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LUD by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned LUD to Lüderitz Airport in Namibia[3]).
Facilities and aircraft
Decatur Municipal Airport covers an area of 205 acres (83 ha) at an elevation of 1,047 feet (319 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,200 by 60 feet (1,280 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending September 4, 2008, the airport had 13,200 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 36 per day. At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 13% multi-engine and 8% glider.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for LUD (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 11 February 2010.
- ^ "Decatur Municipal Airport, Texas (IATA: none, ICAO: KLUD, FAA: LUD)". Great Circle Mapper. http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KLUD. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Luderitz Airport, Namibia (IATA: LUD, ICAO: FYLZ)". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=LUD. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
External links
- Decatur Municipal (LUD)PDF at Texas DOT Airport Directoty
- Aerial photo as of 4 February 1995 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for LUD, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KLUD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KLUD
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- Transportation in Wise County, Texas
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