Tipton Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Tipton Airport


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IATA = FME
ICAO = KFME
FAA = FME
type = Public
owner = Tipton Airport Authority
operator =
city-served =
location = Fort Meade / Odenton, Maryland
elevation-f = 150
elevation-m = 46
coordinates = coord|39|05|07|N|076|45|34|W|type:airport|display=inline
website = [http://www.tiptonairport.org/ TiptonAirport.org]
r1-number = 10/28
r1-length-f = 3,000
r1-length-m = 914
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 48,000
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 111
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=FME|use=PU|own=PU|site=08551.*A, retrieved 2007-03-15]

Tipton Airport Airport codes|FME|KFME|FME is a public airport located just south of Fort George G. Meade in Odenton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The facility is bordered by Fort Meade, the National Security Agency, and the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. This airport opened in 1999 on the site of a former United States Army Airfield that was closed in 1995. It is operated by the Tipton Airport Authority. [http://www.tiptonairport.org/ Tipton Airport] (official site)]

Facilities and aircraft

Tipton Airport covers an area of 366 acres (148 ha) which contains one paved runway (10/28) measuring 3,000 x 75 ft (914 x 23 m).

For 12-month period ending April 02, 2008, the airport had 49,225 aircraft operations, an average of 134 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. There are 128 aircraft/rotorcraft based at this airport: 85% single engine, 9% multi-engine and 6% helicopters.

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*Wikimapia|39.085387|-76.759414|13
*US-airport-ga|FME