Gastonia Municipal Airport

Gastonia Municipal Airport
Gastonia Municipal Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: KAKH; FAA LID: AKH;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Gastonia
Serves	Gastonia, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL	798 ft / 243 m
Coordinates	35°12′10″N 081°08′59″W / 35.20278°N 81.14972°WCoordinates: 35°12′10″N 081°08′59″W / 35.20278°N 81.14972°W
Map
	AKH Location of airport in North Carolina
Runways
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	50,040
Based aircraft	36
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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 3,770 by 100 feet (1,149 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 26, 2009, the airport had 50,040 aircraft operations, an average of 137 per day: 97.9% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 19% multi-engine, and 3% jet.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e FAA Airport Form 5010 for AKH PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
^ "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.
^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^ "Gastonia Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KAKH, FAA: AKH)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^ "Prince Sultan AB, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia (IATA: AKH, ICAO: OEPS)". Great Circle Mapper. 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 January 27, 2022
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

[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for AKH PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.

[2] "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.

[3] "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[4] "Gastonia Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KAKH, FAA: AKH)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[5] "Prince Sultan AB, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia (IATA: AKH, ICAO: OEPS)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

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