- Nebraska City Municipal Airport
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Coordinates: 40°36′20″N 095°52′04″W / 40.60556°N 95.86778°W
Nebraska City Municipal Airport IATA: none – ICAO: KAFK – FAA LID: AFK Summary Airport type Public Owner Nebraska City Airport Authority Serves Nebraska City, Nebraska Elevation AMSL 1,165 ft / 355 m Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 4,500 1,372 Concrete 5/23 2,550 777 Turf Statistics (2005) Aircraft operations 5,300 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Nebraska City Municipal Airport (ICAO: KAFK, FAA LID: AFK) is a public airport located four miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Nebraska City, in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. It is owned by the Nebraska City Airport Authority.[1]
The airport was constructed as a replacement for Grundman Field and opened in 1994. Located inside the city limits Grundman Field could not lengthen the runway to accommodate business jets. In 1974 when then Mayor A. O. Gigstard created the airport authority to build Nebraska City Municipal the voters had him recalled and removed from office. He returned as mayor in 1980 as a write-in candidate. Later the new airport was approved by the voters as a bond measure.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Nebraska City Municipal is assigned AFK by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
Facilities and aircraft
Nebraska City Municipal Airport covers an area of 215 acres (87 ha) which contains two runways: 15/33 with a concrete pavement measuring 4,500 x 75 ft (1,372 x 23 m) and 5/23 with a turf surface measuring 2,550 x 150 ft (777 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending July 7, 2005, the airport had 5,300 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 93% general aviation and 7% military.[1]
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for AFK (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
- ^ "Small-town airports doing booming business". York News Times. 2000-05-15. http://www.yorknewstimes.com/stories/051500/neb_0515000019.shtml.
- ^ KAFK - Nebraska City Municipal Airport - Nebraska City, Nebraska at Great Circle Mapper
External links
- Grundman Field at Abandoned Airfields
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KAFK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KAFK
Categories:- Airports in Nebraska
- Buildings and structures in Otoe County, Nebraska
- Midwestern United States airport stubs
- Midwestern United States building and structure stubs
- Nebraska stubs
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