Lamar Municipal Airport (Colorado) Explained

Southeast Colorado Regional Airport
Iata:LAA
Icao:KLAA
Faa:LAA
Type:Public
Owner:City of Lamar
City-Served:Lamar, Colorado
Elevation-F:3,706
Website:www.ci.lamar.co.us/...
Coordinates:38.0697°N -102.6886°W
Pushpin Map:USA Colorado
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Colorado
Pushpin Label:LAA
Pushpin Label Position:left
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-F:6,304
R1-Surface:Concrete
R2-Number:8/26
R2-Length-F:5,001
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2010
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:13,508
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:33
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Southeast Colorado Regional Airport (formerly known as the Lamar Municipal Airport) is in Prowers County, Colorado, three miles southwest of Lamar, which owns it. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.[2]

Airline flights (Central DC-3s) started about 1957; commuter airlines replaced successor Frontier in 1976-77.

Facilities

The airport covers 557 acres (225 ha) at an elevation of 3,706 feet (1,130 m). It has two runways: 18/36 is 6,304 by 100 feet (1,921 x 30 m) concrete and 8/26 is 5,001 by 60 feet (1,524 x 18 m) asphalt.

In 2010 the airport had 13,508 aircraft operations, average 37 per day: 65% general aviation, 26% air taxi, and 9% military. 33 aircraft were then based at this airport: 73% single-engine, 24% multi-engine, and 3% jet.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . September 27, 2012 .

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