- Orange City Municipal Airport
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Orange City Municipal Airport IATA: none – ICAO: KORC – FAA LID: ORC Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Orange City Serves Orange City, Iowa Elevation AMSL 1,414 ft / 431 m Coordinates 42°59′25″N 096°03′46″W / 42.99028°N 96.06278°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 4,250 1,295 Concrete Statistics (2009) Aircraft operations 4,200 Based aircraft 11 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Orange City Municipal Airport (ICAO: KORC, FAA LID: ORC) is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) south of the central business district of Orange City, a city in Sioux County, Iowa, United States.[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned ORC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned ORC to Orocue Airport in Orocue, Colombia[4]).
Facilities and aircraft
Orange City Municipal Airport covers an area of 80 acres (32 ha) at an elevation of 1,414 feet (431 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with a 4,250 by 60 feet (1,295 x 18 m) concrete surface. For the 12-month period ending August 19, 2009, the airport had 4,200 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 81 per week: 43% local and 57% itinerant. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 10 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.[1]
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for ORC (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 2 (PDF, 1.04 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
- ^ "Orange City Municipal Airport (FAA: ORC, ICAO: KORC)". Great Circle Mapper. http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KORC. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "Orocue, Colombia (IATA: ORC, ICAO: SKOE)". Great Circle Mapper. http://www.gcmap.com/airport/ORC. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
External links
- FAA Terminal Procedures for ORC, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KORC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KORC
Categories:- Airports in Iowa
- Buildings and structures in Sioux County, Iowa
- Transportation in Sioux County, Iowa
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