- Newton City/County Airport
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Newton City-County Airport IATA: EWK – ICAO: KEWK – FAA LID: EWK Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Newton & Harvey County Serves Harvey County, Kansas Location Newton, Kansas Elevation AMSL 1,533 ft / 467 m Coordinates 38°03′30″N 097°16′28″W / 38.05833°N 97.27444°W Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 7,003 2,135 Asphalt 8/26 3,501 1,067 Asphalt Statistics (2008) Aircraft operations 65,044 Based aircraft 99 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Newton City-County Airport (IATA: EWK, ICAO: KEWK, FAA LID: EWK) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (3.5 miles; 5.6 km) east of the central business district of Newton, a city in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. It is owned by the City of Newton and Harvey County.[1]
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a reliever airport[2] for Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.[1]
Facilities and aircraft
Newton City-County Airport covers an area of 635 acres (257 ha) at an elevation of 1,533 feet (467 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: the larger north-south runway (17/35) measures 7,003 by 100 feet (2,135 x 30 m) and the alternate east-west runway (8/26) measures 3,501 by 60 feet (1,067 x 18 m).[1]
The Hesston College aviation program operates out of Hangar K.
For the 12-month period ending June 10, 2008, the airport had 65,044 aircraft operations, an average of 178 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 99 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 7% jet, 2% helicopter and 1% ultralight.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Master Record for EWK (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
External links
- Newton City-County Airport at City of Newton website
- Airport diagram and aerial photoPDF (186 KB) from Kansas DOT Airport Directory
- Aerial photo as of 1 October 1991 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for EWK, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KEWK
- ASN accident history for EWK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KEWK
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