Decatur Municipal Airport | |
Icao: | KLUD |
Faa: | LUD |
Pushpin Map: | Texas |
Pushpin Label: | LUD |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | City of Decatur |
City-Served: | Decatur, Texas |
Elevation-F: | 1,047 |
Elevation-M: | 319 |
Coordinates: | 33.2542°N -97.5806°W |
R1-Number: | 17/35 |
R1-Length-F: | 4,200 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,280 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2022 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 9/19/2022) |
Stat1-Data: | 36,500 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 41 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Decatur Municipal Airport is a city-owned public airport two miles (3.7 km) north of Decatur, in Wise County, Texas.
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Decatur Municipal Airport is assigned LUD by the FAA and has no IATA designation[2] (IATA assigned LUD to Lüderitz Airport in Namibia[3]).
Decatur Municipal Airport covers 205acres at an elevation of 1,047 feet (319 m) above mean sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,200 by 60 feet (1,280 x 18 m) asphalt.
In the year ending September 19, 2022, the airport had 36,500 general aviation operations, average 100 per day. 41 aircraft were then based at this airport: 28 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, 8 helicopters, and 2 glider.