Fayette County Airport (Tennessee)

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Fayette County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerFayette County
ServesSomerville, Tennessee
Elevation AMSL436 ft / 133 m
Coordinates35°12′28″N 089°23′40″W / 35.20778°N 89.39444°W / 35.20778; -89.39444
Map
KFYE is located in Tennessee
KFYE
KFYE
Location of airport in Tennessee
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations10,166
Based aircraft40

Fayette County Airport (ICAO: KFYE, FAA LID: FYE) is a county-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the central business district of Somerville, in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it was classified as a general aviation airport.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FYE by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft[]

Fayette County Airport covers an area of 138 acres (56 ha) at an elevation of 436 feet (133 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 4, 2007, the airport had 10,166 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 40 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% multi-engine.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for FYE PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 17 December 2009.
  2. ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009–2013
  3. ^ KFYE - Somerville, Tennessee - Fayette County Airport. Great Circle Mapper. Accessed 25 January 2010.

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