Demopolis Municipal Airport Explained

Demopolis Regional Airport
Icao:KDYA
Faa:DYA
Type:Public
Owner:City of Demopolis
City-Served:Demopolis, Alabama, U.S.
Location:Marengo County, Alabama
Elevation-F:112
Elevation-M:34
Coordinates:32.4639°N -87.9542°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alabama#USA
Pushpin Mapsize:150
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alabama
Pushpin Label:DYA
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:4/22
R1-Length-F:5,002
R1-Length-M:1,525
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2017
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (2016)
Stat1-Data:5,250
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:21
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Demopolis Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) southwest of the central business district of Demopolis, a city in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. It is also known as Demopolis Municipal Airport[2] [3] and Julian D. "Buzz" Sawyer Airport.[4]

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015[5] and 2009–2013,[6] both of which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of DYA by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code.[7] [8]

History

During World War II the airfield was built by the United States Army Air Forces and opened in October 1943 as Demopolis Army Airfield. The airfield was returned to civil control in 1946.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 438 acres (177 ha) at an elevation of 112 feet (34 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,002 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending September 28, 2016, the airport had 5,250 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 16 single-engine and 2 multi-engine.

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Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 10, 2016.
  2. Web site: Demopolis Municipal Airport . City of Demopolis . October 12, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035126/http://www.demopolisal.gov/airport.html . July 21, 2011 . mdy .
  3. Web site: Demopolis' Sawyer tapped for Aviation Hall of Fame . The Demopolis Times . December 7, 2010.
  4. Web site: Airport renamed after Sawyer . The Demopolis Times . April 26, 2011.
  5. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2 MB) . 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 . 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems.
  6. Web site: 2009–2013 NPIAS Report, Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.3 MB) . Federal Aviation Administration . October 15, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110806023224/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part1.pdf . August 6, 2011 . mdy . 2009–2013 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems.
  7. Web site: Airline and Airport Code Search . International Air Transport Association (IATA) . November 14, 2016.
  8. Web site: Demopolis Regional (IATA: none, ICAO: KDYA, FAA: DYA) . Great Circle Mapper . November 14, 2016.