Addington Field

Infobox Airport
name = Addington Field
nativename = Elizabethtown Regional Airport


IATA = EKX
ICAO = KEKX
FAA = EKX
type = Public
owner = Elizabethtown Airport Board
operator =
city-served =
location = Elizabethtown, Kentucky
elevation-f = 775
elevation-m = 236
coordinates = coord|37|41|10|N|085|55|30|W|type:airport|display=inline
website = [http://www.ekxairport.com/ www.EKXairport.com]
r1-number = 5/23
r1-length-f = 6,001
r1-length-m = 1,829
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2005
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 12,400
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 56
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=EKX|use=PU|own=PU|site=07107.01*A, effective 2007-07-05]

Addington Field Airport codes|EKX|KEKX|EKX, also known as Elizabethtown Regional Airport, [cite web
url = http://www.newsenterpriseonline.com/articles/2007/07/17/news/news01.txt
title = Airport in holding pattern; Officials holding their breath waiting for word of grant
publisher = The News-Enterprise (Elizabethtown, Kentucky)
date = 2007-07-16] is a public airport located four miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Elizabethtown, a city in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. It is used for general aviation but current exploration of commercial aviation is underway. [cite web
url = http://www.the-record.net/articles/2006/12/22/news/news02.txt
title = Grayson County joins push to get major airlines in Elizabethtown
publisher = The Record (Leitchfield, Kentucky)
date = 2006-12-22] The last commercial flight took place in the late 1980s.

Addington Field opened in 1982. In February 2007, the airport board changed the name to Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport. [cite web
url = http://www.meadecountymessenger.com/z_2007-03-07/front/story_5.asp
title = Meade County Area Chamber of Commerce supports regional jet service at Elizabethtown Airport
publisher = The Meade County Messenger
date = 2007-03-07]

Facilities and aircraft

Addington Field covers an area of 210 acres (85 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (5/23) measuring 6,000 x 100 ft (1,829 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending September 15, 2005, the airport had 12,400 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 90% general aviation, 8% air taxi and 2% military. There are 56 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single engine, 14% multi-engine and 2% helicopters.

References

External links

* [http://www.ekxairport.com/ Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport] (official site)
* [http://www.flyekx.com/ Elizabethtown Flying Service, Inc.] (fixed base operator)
*US-airport-ga|EKX
*WikiMapia|37.686|-85.925|13