Enterprise Municipal Airport (Alabama) Explained

Enterprise Municipal Airport
Iata:ETS
Icao:KEDN
Faa:EDN
Type:Public
Owner:City of Enterprise
City-Served:Enterprise, Alabama
Elevation-F:361
Coordinates:31.2997°N -85.8997°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alabama#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Mapsize:150
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alabama
Pushpin Label:EDN
Pushpin Label Position:top
R1-Number:5/23
R1-Length-F:5,080
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2017
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:43,456
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:74
Footnotes:Sources: FAA[1] and City of Enterprise[2]

Enterprise Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Enterprise, a city in Coffee County, Alabama, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of EDN by the Federal Aviation Administration, but the International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code is ETS.[4] [5]

An EF4 tornado impacted near this area on March 1, 2007 before destroying the high school.

Facilities and aircraft

Enterprise Municipal Airport covers an area of 90 acres (36 ha) at an elevation of 361 feet (110 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,080 by 100 feet (1,548 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending January 25, 2010, the airport had 43,456 aircraft operations, an average of 119 per day: 58% military and 42% general aviation. At that time there were 52 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 2% helicopter, and 4% ultralight.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. Web site: Enterprise Municipal Airport . City of Enterprise . October 19, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020070800/http://www.cityofenterprise.net/Default.asp?ID=206&pg=Airport . October 20, 2013 . dead .
  3. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . 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 .
  4. Web site: Airline and Airport Code Search . International Air Transport Association (IATA) . November 14, 2016.
  5. Web site: Enterprise Municipal Airport (IATA: ETS, ICAO: KEDN, FAA: EDN) . Great Circle Mapper . November 14, 2016.

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