Fayette County Airport (Tennessee) Explained

Fayette County Airport
Icao:KFYE
Faa:FYE
Type:Public
Owner:Fayette County
City-Served:Somerville, Tennessee
Elevation-F:436
Elevation-M:133
Coordinates:35.2078°N -89.3944°W
Pushpin Map:USA Tennessee#USA
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Tennessee
Pushpin Label:KFYE
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:1/19
R1-Length-F:5,000
R1-Length-M:1,524
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2019
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 6/30/2019)
Stat1-Data:10,016
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:43
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Fayette County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the central business district of Somerville, in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it was classified as a general aviation airport.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FYE by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Fayette County Airport covers an area of 138acres at an elevation of 436 feet (133 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2019, the airport had 10,016 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 39 single-engine and 4 multi-engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 05 October 2023.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009–2013
  3. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KFYE KFYE - Somerville, Tennessee - Fayette County Airport

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