Drake Field

Drake Field
Drake Field
Fayetteville Executive Airport
IATA: FYVICAO: KFYVFAA LID: FYV
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Fayetteville
Serves Fayetteville, Arkansas
Elevation AMSL 1,251 ft / 381 m
Coordinates 36°00′18″N 094°10′12″W / 36.005°N 94.17°W / 36.005; -94.17
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 6,006 1,831 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 35,267
Based aircraft 85
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Drake Field (IATA: FYVICAO: KFYVFAA LID: FYV) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Washington County, Arkansas, United States.[1] It is also known as Fayetteville Executive Airport[2] and was formerly known as Fayetteville Municipal Airport.

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History

Drake Field served as the commercial airport for Northwest Arkansas until the opening of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Highfill, Arkansas.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 631 acres (255 ha) at an elevation of 1,251 feet (381 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,006 by 100 feet (1,831 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2009, the airport had 35,267 aircraft operations, an average of 96 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi, 1% military, and <1% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 85 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 9% jet and 1% helicopter.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for FYV (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  2. ^ Fayetteville Executive Airport, official site

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