- Dallas Bay Skypark
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Coordinates: 35°11′15″N 085°10′40″W / 35.1875°N 85.17778°W
Dallas Bay Skypark IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 1A0 Summary Airport type Public Owner John F. Flewellen, Inc. Serves Chattanooga, Tennessee Location Hixson, Tennessee Elevation AMSL 690 ft / 210 m Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 5/23 3,025 922 Asphalt Statistics (1998) Aircraft operations 10,108 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Dallas Bay Skypark (FAA LID: 1A0) is a public-use airport located 11 miles (18 km) north of the central business district of Chattanooga, in Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States.[1]
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History
Dallas Bay Skypark began life as the Optimist Club Drag Strip back in the late 50s and survived until the early 60s. The dragstrip was moved to East Ridge and John Flewellen and his family bought the old dragstrip and turned it into a private runway. In the early 1970s the airstrip became an FAA-certified public airport with the designation 1A0.
In 2002, a group of investors, all with a passion for flying, bought Dallas Bay Skypark and have been running it ever since. The airport is still a full-service public airport with a flight school on premises.
Facilities and aircraft
Dallas Bay Skypark covers an area of 60 acres (24 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (5/23) measuring 3,025 x 50 ft (922 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending May 4, 1998, the airport had 10,108 aircraft operations, 100% of which were general aviation.[1]
References
External links
- Dallas Bay Skypark (official site)
- Dallas Bay Skypark page at Tennessee DOT Airport Directory
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for 1A0
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 1A0
Categories:- Airports in Tennessee
- Buildings and structures in Hamilton County, Tennessee
- Southern United States airport stubs
- Tennessee geography stubs
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