Festus Memorial Airport Explained

Festus Memorial Airport
Icao:KFES
Faa:FES
Type:Public use
Owner:Wings Portco, Inc.
City-Served:Festus, Missouri
Elevation-F:433
Website:FestusAirport.net
Coordinates:38.195°N -90.3856°W
Pushpin Map:USA Missouri#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Missouri
Pushpin Label:FES
Pushpin Label Position:left
R1-Number:1/19
R1-Length-F:2,202
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2019
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:9,006
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:25
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Festus Memorial Airport was a privately owned, public-use, individual airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Festus, a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport was assigned FES by the FAA but had no designation from the IATA.[2] [3]

Facilities and aircraft

Festus Memorial Airport sat on an area of 72 acres (29 ha) at an elevation of 433 feet (132 m) above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 1/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,202 by 49 feet (671 x 15 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 9,006 individual operations, an average of 25 per day: 99.9% general aviation and <0.1% military. At that time there were 25 aircraft based at this airport: 24 single-engine aircraft based at this airport, and one multi-engine aircraft. This airport is permanently closed as of January 2023.

Permanent closure

In August 2022, after months of rumors it was announced that the owner of the property that the airport was situated on was selling the property to develop a new industrial district.[4] The airport closed on September 27, 2022.[5] More than 20 air frames had to be relocated from hangars due to the closure, and there is currently not an airport in Jefferson County.

Industrial Park

Jefferson County will put up $7.25 million dollars to fund necessary infrastructure for the industrial project, dubbed Project Redbird,[6] while Crystal City council members voted to annex property necessary for the project.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 8, 2019.
  2. Web site: IATA Airport Code Search (FES) . . March 14, 2014 .
  3. Web site: Festus Memorial Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KFES, FAA: FES) . Great Circle Mapper . March 14, 2014 .
  4. Web site: Marlow . Laura . 2022-08-10 . Festus airport faces closure; officials urge county to seek new digs . 2023-06-13 . Leader Publications . en.
  5. Web site: 2022-08-12 . Festus Memorial Airport to close in 6 weeks . 2023-06-13 . FOX 2 . en-US.
  6. Web site: Reinheimer . Ryan . 2022-08-15 . Festus airport to be closed and sold . 2023-06-13 . My Mo Info . en-US.

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