Shelby County Airport (Alabama) Explained

Shelby County Airport
Icao:KEET
Faa:EET
Wmo:72230
Type:Public
Owner:Shelby County Commission
City-Served:Alabaster, Alabama
Location:Calera, Alabama
Elevation-F:586
Coordinates:33.1778°N -86.7831°W
Website:al-shelbycountytourism.civicplus.com
R1-Number:16/34
R1-Length-F:5,000
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2017
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (2016)
Stat1-Data:20,848
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:78
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Shelby County Airport is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southeast of the central business district of Alabaster, a city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. It is owned by the Shelby County Commission. The airport is situated in the city of Calera.[2]

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015[3] and 2009–2013,[4] both of which categorized it as a general aviation facility. This was a change from the 2007–2011 NPIAS Report, when it was categorized as a reliever airport.[5]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned EET by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[6]

Facilities and aircraft

Shelby County Airport covers an area of 125 acres (51 ha) at an elevation of 586 feet (179 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 16/34 which measures 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).The runway runs parallel to adjacent Interstate 65. The airport has its own interchange on that highway.

For the 12-month period ending January 15, 2010, the airport had 20,848 aircraft operations, an average of 57 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 83 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine, 7% multi-engine and 1% jet.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective January 5, 2017.
  2. Web site: Shelby County Airport . Shelby County website . 1 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100601081104/http://www.shelbycountyalabama.com/airport/airport.htm . 1 June 2010 .
  3. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB). 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2010.
  4. Web site: 2009–2013 NPIAS Report, Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB). 2009–2013 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 15 October 2008.
  5. Web site: 2007–2011 NPIAS Report, Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.26 MB) . 2007–2011 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . 6 October 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022022907/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2007/NPIAS_2007_App_A_part_1.pdf . 22 October 2012.
  6. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KEET Great Circle Mapper: KEET - Alabaster, Alabama - Shelby County Airport

External links