Georgetown Municipal Airport
Georgetown Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Georgetown | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Georgetown, Texas | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 790 ft / 241 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 30°40′43.71″N 097°40′45.78″W / 30.6788083°N 97.6793833°W | ||||||||||||||
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Georgetown Municipal Airport is in Williamson County, Texas, three miles north of Georgetown.[1] The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011 categorized it as a reliever airport.[2]
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is GTU to the FAA[1] and has no IATA code.[3]
Facilities[]
The airport covers 640 acres (260 ha) at an elevation of 790 feet (241 m). It has two asphalt runways: 11/29 is 4,100 by 75 feet (1,250 x 23 m) and 18/36 is 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).[1]
In the year ending February 27, 2008 the airport had 127,700 aircraft operations, average 350 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. 216 aircraft were then based at the airport: 84% single-engine, 12% multi-engine, 3% jet, 1% helicopters.[1]
Incidents[]
On February 18, 2010 Andrew Joseph Stack flew a Piper Cherokee from Georgetown Municipal Airport into the Internal Revenue Service building in Austin, Texas. This suicide attack killed one IRS employee and Stack himself.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for GTU PDF, effective 2009-08-27.
- ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011
- ^ "KGTU - Georgetown, Texas - Georgetown Municipal Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
External links[]
- Aerial photo as of 2 February 1995 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for GTU, effective September 9, 2021
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for GTU
- AirNav airport information for GTU
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for GTU
- Airports in Texas
- Buildings and structures in Williamson County, Texas
- Transportation in Williamson County, Texas
- Airports in Greater Austin