Driggs–Reed Memorial Airport Explained

Driggs–Reed Memorial Airport
Icao:KDIJ
Faa:DIJ
Type:Public
Owner:City of Driggs
City-Served:Driggs, Idaho
Elevation-F:6,229
Elevation-M:1,899
Coordinates:43.7425°N -111.0975°W
R1-Number:4/22
R1-Length-F:7,300
R1-Length-M:2,225
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2013
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:8,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:90
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Driggs–Reed Memorial Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located in Driggs, a city in Teton County, Idaho, United States. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned DIJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned DIJ to Dijon Airport in Dijon, France[4]).

Facilities and aircraft operations

Driggs–Reed Memorial Airport covers an area of 184acres at an elevation of 6,229 feet (1,899 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,300 by 100 feet (2,225 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 8, 2013, the airport had 8,000 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 86.3% general aviation and 13.7% air taxi. At that time there were 90 aircraft based at this airport: 69% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 12% jet, 2% helicopter and 11% glider.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 10 December 2015.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
  3. Web site: Orange City Municipal Airport (FAA: DIJ, ICAO: KDIJ) . Great Circle Mapper . 23 August 2010.
  4. Web site: Dijon Airport, France (IATA: DIJ, ICAO: LFSD) . Aviation Safety Network . 23 August 2010.

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