Grove Hill Municipal Airport Explained

Grove Hill Municipal Airport
Type:Closed
Owner:City of Grove Hill
City-Served:Grove Hill, Alabama
Elevation-F:478
Elevation-M:146
Coordinates:31.6894°N -87.7614°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alabama#USA
Pushpin Mapsize:150
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alabama
Pushpin Label:3A0
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-F:2,704
R1-Length-M:824
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2010
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:2,490
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:6
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Grove Hill Municipal Airport was a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Grove Hill, a city in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it was categorized as a general aviation facility.[2] The airport has been permanently closed.

Facilities and aircraft

Grove Hill Municipal Airport covers an area of 130acres at an elevation of 478 feet (146 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,704 by 75 feet (824 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending February 23, 2010, the airport had 2,490 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 207 per month. At that time there were 6 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine and 17% multi-engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

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