Newton Municipal Airport | |
Iata: | TNU |
Icao: | KTNU |
Faa: | TNU |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | City of Newton |
City-Served: | Newton, Iowa |
Elevation-F: | 953 |
Elevation-M: | 290 |
Coordinates: | 41.6744°N -93.0217°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Iowa#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Iowa/United States |
Pushpin Label: | TNU |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
R1-Number: | 14/32 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,599 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,707 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2007 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 9,000 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 21 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Newton Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of Newton, a city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States. The airport is adjacent to Iowa Speedway.
Newton Municipal Airport covers an area of 304acres which contains one runway designated 14/32 with a 5,599 x 100 ft (1,707 x 30 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending September 12, 2007, the airport had 9,000 aircraft operations, an average of 24 per day: 93% general aviation and 7% air taxi. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% multi-engine.
On September 17, 2011, Newton was scheduled to be the host of the annual Fly Iowa Airshow. Fly Iowa travels to different towns in Iowa and hosts airshows for the public.