Centre–Piedmont–Cherokee County Regional Airport Explained

Centre–Piedmont–Cherokee County Regional Airport
Icao:KPYP
Faa:PYP
Type:Public
Owner:CPCCR Airport Authority
City-Served:Centre, Alabama, U.S.
Elevation-F:595
Elevation-M:181
Coordinates:34.09°N -85.61°W
R1-Number:7/25
R1-Length-F:5,500
R1-Length-M:1,676
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2017
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:0
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:15
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Centre–Piedmont–Cherokee County Regional Airport is a public-use airport in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. The airport is located five nautical miles (9 km) south of Centre, Alabama and 10nmi north of Piedmont, Alabama.[2] It is owned by the CPCCR Airport Authority and was dedicated on October 14, 2010.[3]

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015[4] which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of PYP by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code.[5] [6]

Facilities

Centre–Piedmont–Cherokee County Regional Airport covers an area of 308 acres (125 ha) at an elevation of 595feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 5500feetby100feetft (byft).

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. effective August 25, 2011.
  2. Web site: Distance and heading from Piedmont (33°55'34"N 85°36'47"W) to PYP (34°05'24"N 85°36'36"W) . Great Circle Mapper . October 15, 2011.
  3. Web site: Centre–Piedmont–Cherokee County Regional Airport dedication draws large crowd . The Gadsden Times . October 14, 2010.
  4. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2 MB) . 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . September 27, 2012 . mdy .
  5. Web site: Airline and Airport Code Search . International Air Transport Association (IATA) . November 14, 2016.
  6. Web site: Centre-Piedmont-Cherokee County Regional (IATA: none, ICAO: KPYP, FAA: PYP) . Great Circle Mapper . November 14, 2016.

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