Luverne Municipal Airport Explained

Luverne Municipal Airport
Nativename:Quentin Aanenson Field
Icao:KLYV
Faa:LYV
Type:Public
Owner:City of Luverne
City-Served:Luverne, Minnesota
Elevation-F:1,435
Coordinates:43.6167°N -96.2178°W
Pushpin Map:USA Minnesota#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Mapsize:180
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Minnesota/United States
Pushpin Label:LYV
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-F:4,200
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2010
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:8,400
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:16
Footnotes:Sources: Minnesota DOT, FAA.[1]

Luverne Municipal Airport[2], also known as Quentin Aanenson Field, is a public use airport in Rock County, Minnesota, United States. It is owned by the City of Luverne and located two nautical miles (4 km) south of its central business district. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LYV by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[4] [5]

Facilities and aircraft

Quentin Aanenson Field covers an area of 85 acres (34 ha) at an elevation of 1,435 feet (437 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,200 by 75 feet (1,280 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 21, 2010, the airport had 8,400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day. At that time there were 16 single-engine aircraft based at this airport.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. Web site: Luverne Municipal Airport (Quentin Aanenson Field) . . Airport Directory . . August 9, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130523130759/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/avoffice/ops/airdir/pdf/luverne.pdf . May 23, 2013.
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: Quentin Aanenson Field (IATA: none, ICAO: KLYV, FAA: LYV) . Great Circle Mapper . August 9, 2013 .
  5. Web site: IATA Airport Code Search (LYV) . . August 9, 2013 .

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