Stanton County Municipal Airport Explained

Stanton County Municipal Airport
Icao:KJHN
Faa:JHN
Type:Public
Owner:Stanton County
City-Served:Stanton County, Kansas
Location:Johnson, Kansas
Elevation-F:3,325
Coordinates:37.5853°N -101.7322°W
Pushpin Map:USA Kansas
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Kansas
Pushpin Label:JHN
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-F:5,200
R1-Surface:Concrete
R2-Number:8/26
R2-Length-F:1,889
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2011
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:23,100
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:35
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Stanton County Municipal Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Stanton County, Kansas, United States. It is located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Johnson, Kansas, which is also known as Johnson City. This airport was included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned JHN by the FAA, but has no designation from the IATA.[3] [4]

Facilities and aircraft

Stanton County Municipal Airport covers an area of 312 acres (126 ha) at an elevation of 3,325 feet (1,013 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 17/35 is 5,200 by 75 feet (1,585 x 23 m) with a concrete surface and 8/26 is 1,889 by 60 feet (576 x 18 m) with an asphalt surface.

For the 12-month period ending September 22, 2011, the airport had 23,100 aircraft operations, an average of 63 per day: 99.6% general aviation and 0.4% air taxi. At that time there were 35 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 6% jet, and 6% glider.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  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 .
  3. Web site: Stanton County Municipal Airport (FAA: JHN, ICAO: KJHN, IATA: none) . Great Circle Mapper . November 18, 2012.
  4. Web site: Airline and Airport Code Search . International Air Transport Association (IATA) . November 18, 2012.

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