Crisp County–Cordele Airport Explained

Crisp County–Cordele Airport
Icao:KCKF
Faa:CKF
Type:Public
Owner:Crisp County
City-Served:Cordele, Georgia
Elevation-F:310
Coordinates:31.9889°N -83.7739°W
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map:USA Georgia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Georgia
Pushpin Label:KCKF
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:10/28
R1-Length-F:5,001
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:5/23
R2-Length-F:5,006
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2010
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:22,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:16
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Crisp County–Cordele Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Cordele, a city in Crisp County, Georgia, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2] The airport does not have scheduled commercial airline service.

History

Opened to the public in March 1943, during World War II, the airport was requisitioned by the United States Army Air Force, and was known as Cordele Army Airfield. It was also known as Turner AAF Auxiliary Airfield No. 7. The airfield supported the AAF Advanced Pilot School (Twin-Engine) school at Turner Army Airfield.

It was closed in mid-1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus, it was turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on September 30, 1945 and eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) to become a civil airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Crisp County–Cordele Airport covers an area of 619 acres (251 ha) at an elevation of 310 feet (94 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 10/28 is 5,001 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m) and 5/23 is 5,006 by 100 feet (1,526 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 10, 2010, the airport had 22,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 60 per day. At that time there were 16 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% helicopter.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. Book: Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. https://web.archive.org/web/20121027122636/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/index.cfm?sect=2011. 2012-10-27. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.

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