Mount Sterling-Montgomery County Airport

Mount Sterling-Montgomery County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KIOB – FAA LID: IOB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Mount Sterling & Montgomery County
Serves		Mount Sterling, Kentucky
Elevation AMSL		1,019 ft / 311 m
Coordinates		38°03′29″N 083°58′46″W / 38.05806°N 83.97944°W / 38.05806; -83.97944
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
3/21	5,002	1,525	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			31,505
Based aircraft			70
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Mount Sterling-Montgomery County Airport (ICAO: KIOB, FAA LID: IOB) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of Mount Sterling, a city in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States. It is owned by the city of Mount Sterling and Montgomery County.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned IOB by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Mount Sterling-Montgomery County Airport covers an area of 53 acres (21 ha) at an elevation of 1,019 feet (311 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 3/21 which measures 5,002 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 7, 2007, the airport had 31,505 aircraft operations, an average of 86 per day: 85% general aviation, 12% air taxi and 2% military. At that time there were 70 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 19% multi-engine, 1% jet and 1% helicopter.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for IOB (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KIOB - Mount Sterling-Montgomery County Airport

External links

• Kentucky Airmotive, the fixed base operator (FBO)
• FAA Terminal Procedures for IOB, effective 20 October 2011
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for IOB
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for IOB