Festus Memorial Airport (ICAO: KFES, FAA LID: FES) was a privately owned, public-use, individual airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Festus, a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.[1]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport was assigned FES by the FAA[1] but had no designation from the IATA.[2][3]
Facilities and aircraft
Festus Memorial Airport sat on an area of 72 acres (29 ha) at an elevation of 433 feet (132 m) above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 1/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,202 by 49 feet (671 x 15 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 9,006 individual operations, an average of 25 per day: 99.9% general aviation and <0.1% military. At that time there were 25 aircraft based at this airport: 24 single-engine aircraft based at this airport, and one multi-engine aircraft. This airport is permanently closed as of January 2023. [1]
Permanent closure
In August 2022, after months of rumors it was announced that the owner of the property that the airport was situated on was selling the property to develop a new industrial district.[4] The airport closed on September 27, 2022.[5] More than 20 air frames had to be relocated from hangars due to the closure, and there is currently not an airport in Jefferson County.
Industrial Park
Jefferson County will put up $7.25 million dollars to fund necessary infrastructure for the industrial project, dubbed Project Redbird,[6] while Crystal City council members voted to annex property necessary for the project.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for FES PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 8, 2019.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (FES)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
- ^ "Festus Memorial Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KFES, FAA: FES)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
- ^ Marlow, Laura (2022-08-10). "Festus airport faces closure; officials urge county to seek new digs". Leader Publications. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ "Festus Memorial Airport to close in 6 weeks". FOX 2. 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ Reinheimer, Ryan (2022-08-15). "Festus airport to be closed and sold". My Mo Info. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
External links
- FestusAirport.net
- "Festus Memorial (FES)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-25. Retrieved 2014-03-15. at Missouri DOT Airport Directory
- Aerial image as of March 1996 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for FES, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for FES
- AirNav airport information for KFES
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KFES