- Clarion Municipal Airport
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Clarion Municipal Airport IATA: none – ICAO: KCAV – FAA LID: CAV Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Clarion Serves Clarion, Iowa Elevation AMSL 1,162 ft / 354 m Coordinates 42°44′31″N 093°45′32″W / 42.74194°N 93.75889°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 3,515 1,071 Concrete Statistics (2009) Aircraft operations 3,750 Based aircraft 12 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Clarion Municipal Airport (ICAO: KCAV, FAA LID: CAV) is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northwest of the central business district of Clarion, a city in Wright County, Iowa, United States.[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned CAV by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned CAV to Cazombo Airport in Angola[4]).
Facilities and aircraft
Clarion Municipal Airport covers an area of 255 acres (103 ha) at an elevation of 1,162 feet (354 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with a concrete surface measuring 3,515 by 60 feet (1,071 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending May 6, 2009, the airport had 3,750 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine, 17% multi-engine and 8% ultralight.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for CAV (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 2 (PDF, 1.04 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
- ^ "Clarion Municipal Airport (FAA: CAV, ICAO: KCAV)". Great Circle Mapper. http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KCAV. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "Cazombo Airport, Angola (IATA: CAV, ICAO: FNCZ)". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=CAV. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
External links
- Aerial image as of 16 April 1994 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for CAV, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KCAV
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KCAV
Categories:- Airports in Iowa
- Transportation in Wright County, Iowa
- Buildings and structures in Wright County, Iowa
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