Grant Municipal Airport Explained

Grant Municipal Airport
Icao:KGGF
Faa:GGF
Type:Public
Owner:City of Grant
City-Served:Grant, Nebraska
Elevation-F:3,425
Coordinates:40.8706°N -101.7339°W
Pushpin Map:USA Nebraska
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Nebraska
Pushpin Label:GGF
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:15/33
R1-Length-F:4,797
R1-Surface:Concrete
Stat-Year:2009
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:9,500
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:14
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Grant Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Grant, a city in Perkins County, Nebraska, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2]

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

Facilities and aircraft

Grant Municipal Airport covers an area of 95 acres (38 ha) at an elevation of 3,425 feet (1,044 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with a concrete surface measuring 4,797 by 60 feet (1,462 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2009, the airport had 9,500 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 26 per day. At that time there were 14 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. Book: Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports . https://web.archive.org/web/20121027122636/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/index.cfm?sect=2011 . 2012-10-27 . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010.
  3. Web site: Grant Municipal Airport (ICAO: KGGF, FAA: GGF) . Great Circle Mapper . June 18, 2012.

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