Georgetown Executive Airport | |
Iata: | QTG |
Icao: | KGTU |
Faa: | GTU |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | City of Georgetown |
City-Served: | Georgetown, Texas |
Elevation-F: | 790 |
Elevation-M: | 241 |
Coordinates: | 30.6788°N -97.6794°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Texas#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Label: | GTU |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
R1-Number: | 11/29 |
R1-Length-F: | 4,100 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,250 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 18/36 |
R2-Length-F: | 5,000 |
R2-Length-M: | 1,524 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2021 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 120,900 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 320 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Georgetown Executive Airport is in Williamson County, Texas, three miles north of Georgetown. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027 categorized it as a reliever airport.[2]
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is GTU to the FAA and has the IATA code QTG.[3]
The airport covers 640acres at an elevation of 790 feet (241 m). It has two asphalt runways: 11/29 is 4,100 by 75 feet (1,250 x 23 m) and 18/36 is 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).
In the year ending December 31st, 2021, the airport had 120,900 aircraft operations, average 350 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. 320 aircraft were then based at the airport: 77% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 8% jet, 6% helicopters.
On February 18, 2010 Andrew Joseph Stack flew a Piper Cherokee from Georgetown Municipal Airport into the Internal Revenue Service building in Austin, Texas. This suicide attack killed one IRS employee and Stack himself.