Portland Municipal Airport (Tennessee) Explained

Portland Municipal Airport
Faa:1M5
Type:Public
Owner:City of Portland
City-Served:Portland, Tennessee
Elevation-F:817
Coordinates:36.5928°N -86.4769°W
Pushpin Map:USA Tennessee#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Tennessee
Pushpin Label:1M5
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
R1-Number:1/19
R1-Length-F:5,000
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2017
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:12,700
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:21
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Portland Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Portland, a city in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Portland Municipal Airport covers an area of 157 acres (64 ha) at an elevation of 817 feet (249 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 12,700 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per day: 94% general aviation, 4% military, and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 18 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 7, 2023.
  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 .

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