- Bessemer Airport
is a city-owned public-use
airport located three miles (4.8 km) southeast of thecentral business district of Bessemer, a city in Jefferson County,Alabama ,United States . According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, it is categorized as a "reliever airport ". [ [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011] ]Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter
location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Bessemer Airport is assigned EKY by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KEKY Great Circle Mapper: KEKY - Bessemer, Alabama] ]Facilities and aircraft
Bessemer Airport covers convert|380|acre|ha|0 and has one
asphalt pavedrunway (5/23) measuring 6,007 x 100 ft (1,831 x 30 m). AnInstrument Landing System was installed in 2000. [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2000/05/22/story5.html Installation of ILS] , "Birmingham Business Journal", 19-May-2000] The airport received funding to expand the runway from convert|5700|ft|m|0.For the 12-month period ending January 24, 2007, the airport had 102,600
general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 281 per day. At that time there were 167 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 7% multi-engine and 2% jet.References
External links
* [http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2004/09/06/focus1.html Bessemer Airport as an alternative to Birmingham International] , "Birmingham Business Journal", 3-Sep-2004
*WikiMapia|33.3126|-86.9263|14|Aerial photo
*US-airport-ga|EKY|-
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