Gastonia Municipal Airport (ICAO: KAKH, FAA LID: AKH) is a city-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) south of the central business district of Gastonia, a city in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of AKH by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code (the IATA assigned AKH to Prince Sultan Air Base in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia).[1][3][4][5]
Facilities and aircraft
Gastonia Municipal Airport covers an area of 280 acres (113 ha) at an elevation of 798 feet (243 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,769 by 100 feet (1,149 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 4, 2022, the airport had 9,910 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 99% general aviation, and <1% military. At that time there were 45 aircraft based at this airport: 39 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, 1 helicopter, and 1 jet.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for AKH PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 30, 2023.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems Archived October 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "Gastonia Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KAKH, FAA: AKH)". Great Circle Mapper. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "Prince Sultan AB, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia (IATA: AKH, ICAO: OEPS)". Great Circle Mapper. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
External links
- Gastonia Municipal Airport, official page
- "Gastonia Municipal Airport – AKH" (PDF). at North Carolina DOT airport guide
- Aerial image as of March 1999 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for AKH, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for AKH
- AirNav airport information for KAKH
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures