Moton Field Municipal Airport Explained

Moton Field Municipal Airport
Faa:06A
Type:Public
Owner:City of Tuskegee
City-Served:Tuskegee, Alabama
Elevation-F:264
Elevation-M:80
Coordinates:32.4606°N -85.68°W
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-F:5,005
R1-Length-M:1,526
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2009
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:19,530
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:9
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Moton Field Municipal Airport is a public-use airport located three nautical miles (3.5 mi, 5.6 km) north of the central business district of Tuskegee, a city in Macon County, Alabama, United States. The airport is owned by the City of Tuskegee. It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Moton Field is home to the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Moton Field Municipal Airport covers an area of 275acres at an elevation of 264 feet (80 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,005 by 100 feet (1,526 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 9, 2009, the airport had 19,530 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 53 per day. At that time there were 9 aircraft based at this airport: 100% single-engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
  3. http://www.nps.gov/tuai/ Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

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