Georgetown Municipal Airport Explained

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]

Facilities

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.

Incidents

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.

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Notes and References

  1. , effective 2023-06-15.
  2. Web site: ADIP (GTU) Georgetown Exec .
  3. Web site: KGTU - Georgetown, Texas - Georgetown Executive Airport . Great Circle Mapper . 2023-06-26.