Perry–Houston County Airport Explained

Perry–Houston County Airport
Icao:KPXE
Faa:PXE
Type:Public
Owner:Perry–Houston County Airport Authority
City-Served:Perry, Georgia
Elevation-F:418
Elevation-M:127
Coordinates:32.5106°N -83.7672°W
Pushpin Map:USA Georgia
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Perry–Houston County Airport
Pushpin Label:KPXE
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-F:5,002
R1-Length-M:1,525
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2006
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:22,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:67
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Perry–Houston County Airport is a public airport located four miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Perry, a city in Houston County, Georgia, United States and 10miles south of Warner Robins, Georgia. It is owned by the Perry–Houston County Airport Authority. It is used for general aviation, mainly flight training.

Overview

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Perry–Houston County Airport is assigned PXE by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Perry–Houston County Airport covers an area of 465acres and contains one asphalt paved runway designated 18/36 which measures 5,004 x 100 ft (1,525 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2006, the airport had 22,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 60 per day. There are 84 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine, 6% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.

History

Opened in July 1942, during World War II, the Perry–Houston County airport was used as an auxiliary training airfield for the Army pilot school at Cochran Army Airfield. With the end of the war, it was turned over to the city of Perry and developed into a municipal airport which opened in May 1947.

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Notes and References

  1. , effective 2007-10-25
  2. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KPXE Great Circle Mapper: KPXE – Perry, Georgia (Perry–Houston County Airport)