Tahlequah Municipal Airport Explained

Tahlequah Municipal Airport
Icao:KTQH
Faa:TQH
Type:Public
Owner:City of Tahlequah
City-Served:Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Elevation-F:874
Coordinates:35.9303°N -95.0044°W
Pushpin Map:USA Oklahoma#USA
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Oklahoma
Pushpin Label:TQH
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-F:5,001
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2011
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:15,400
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:43
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Tahlequah Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Tahlequah, a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, 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]

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

Facilities and aircraft

Tahlequah Municipal Airport covers an area of 125 acres (51 ha) at an elevation of 874 feet (266 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending September 22, 2011, the airport had 15,400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 42 per day. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 12% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. Book: Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports . https://web.archive.org/web/20121027122636/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/index.cfm?sect=2011 . 2012-10-27 . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010.
  3. Web site: Tahlequah Municipal Airport (FAA: TQH, ICAO: KTQH, IATA: none) . Great Circle Mapper . December 17, 2012.
  4. Web site: IATA Airport Code Search . . December 16, 2012.

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