Moton_Field_Municipal_Airport

Moton Field Municipal Airport

Moton Field Municipal Airport

Airport in Macon County, Alabama, US

"Tuskegee Airport" redirects here. For the airport formerly used by the Tuskegee Airmen, see Sharpe Field.

Moton Field Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 06A) is a public-use airport located three nautical miles (3.5 mi, 5.6 km) north of the central business district of Tuskegee, a city in Macon County, Alabama, United States. The airport is owned by the City of Tuskegee.[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

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Moton Field is home to the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Moton Field Municipal Airport covers an area of 275 acres (111 ha) at an elevation of 264 feet (80 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,005 by 100 feet (1,526 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 9, 2009, the airport had 19,530 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 53 per day. At that time there were 9 aircraft based at this airport: 100% single-engine.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    FAA Airport Form 5010 for 06A PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. [2]
    National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
  3. [3]
    Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site at the National Park Service website
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