Aitkin Municipal Airport

Aitkin Municipal Airport
Steve Kurtz Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KAIT – FAA LID: AIT
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner County & City of Aitkin
Serves Aitkin, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL 1,205 ft / 367 m
Coordinates 46°32′54″N 093°40′36″W / 46.54833°N 93.67667°W / 46.54833; -93.67667
Map
AIT
AIT

Location of airport in Minnesota/United States

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 4,018 1,225 Asphalt
8/26 3,335 1,017 Turf
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 16,000
Based aircraft 47

Aitkin Municipal Airport (ICAO: KAIT, FAA LID: AIT), also known as Steve Kurtz Field, is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Aitkin, a city in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. It is owned by the County & City of Aitkin.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned AIT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned AIT to Aitutaki, Cook Islands[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Aitkin Municipal Airport covers an area of 299 acres (121 ha) at an elevation of 1,205 feet (367 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 16/34 with a 4,018 x 75 ft (1,225 x 23 m) asphalt pavement and 8/26 with a 3,335 x 150 ft (1,017 x 46 m) turf surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2007, the airport had 16,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 43 per day. At that time there were 47 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine, 4% multi-engine and 2% glider.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for AIT (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
  2. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KAIT - Aitkin, Minnesota (Aitkin Municipal Airport)
  3. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: AIT / NCAI - Aitutaki, Cook Islands

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