Fleming-Mason Airport Explained

Fleming-Mason Airport
Icao:KFGX
Faa:FGX
Type:Public
Owner:Fleming-Mason Airport Board
City-Served:Flemingsburg, Kentucky
Location:Mason County
Elevation-F:913
Elevation-M:278
Coordinates:38.5417°N -83.7433°W
R1-Number:7/25
R1-Length-F:5,001
R1-Length-M:1,524
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2007
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:15,800
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:24
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Fleming-Mason Airport is a public use airport located in Mason County, Kentucky, United States. It is seven nautical miles (13 km) north of the central business district of Flemingsburg, a city in Fleming County. The airport is owned by the Fleming-Mason Airport Board.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned the identifier FGX by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Fleming-Mason Airport covers an area of 77acres at an elevation of 913 feet (278 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 7/25 which measures 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30.48 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 10, 2007, the airport had 15,800 aircraft operations, an average of 43 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single-engine and 4% multi-engine.

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Notes and References

  1. , effective 2009-07-02.
  2. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KFGX Great Circle Mapper: KFGX - Flemingsburg, Kentucky (Fleming-Mason Airport)