Red Oak Municipal Airport Explained

Red Oak Municipal Airport
Icao:KRDK
Faa:RDK
Type:Public
Owner:City of Red Oak
City-Served:Red Oak, Iowa
Elevation-F:1,045
Elevation-M:319
Coordinates:41.0108°N -95.2589°W
Pushpin Map:USA Iowa#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Iowa/United States
Pushpin Label:RDK
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:5/23
R1-Length-F:5,100
R1-Length-M:1,554
R1-Surface:Concrete
R2-Number:17/35
R2-Length-F:2,901
R2-Length-M:884
R2-Surface:Concrete
R3-Number:13/31
R3-Length-F:2,050
R3-Length-M:625
R3-Surface:Turf
Stat-Year:2007
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:11,550
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:34
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Red Oak Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Red Oak, a city in Montgomery County, Iowa, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned RDK by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Red Oak Municipal Airport covers an area of 202acres at an elevation of 1,045 feet (319 m) above mean sea level. It has three concrete paved runways: 5/23 is 5,100 by 75 feet (1,554 x 23 m) and 17/35 is 2,901 by 60 feet (884 x 18 m). It also has a turf runway designated 13/31 which is 2,050 by 210 feet (625 x 64 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 8, 2007, the airport had 11,550 general aviationaircraft operations, an average of 31 per day. At that time there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 3% multi-engine and 18% ultralight.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
  3. Web site: Red Oak, Iowa (ICAO: KRDK, FAA: RDK) . Great Circle Mapper . 18 June 2010.

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