Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport

Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport
IATA: EDK – ICAO: KEQA – FAA LID: EQA
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of El Dorado
Operator Deric Karst
Location El Dorado, Kansas
Elevation AMSL 1,378 ft / 420 m
Coordinates 37°46′27″N 096°49′03″W / 37.77417°N 96.81750°W / 37.77417; -96.81750
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 4,204 1,281 Asphalt
15/33 4,200 1,280 Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 13,225
Based aircraft 29

Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport (IATA: EDK, ICAO: KEQA, FAA LID: EQA) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of El Dorado, in Butler County, Kansas, United States. This airport is publicly owned by City of El Dorado.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned EQA by the FAA and EDK by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KEQA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport covers an area of 220 acres (89 ha) which contains two runways:[1]

For 12-month period ending April 14, 2006, the airport had 13,225 aircraft operations, an average of 36 per day: 99% general aviation (13,200) and <1% military (25). There are 29 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single engine (28) and 3% ultralights (1).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for EQA (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 15 March 2007
  2. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: EDK / KEQA - El Dorado, Kansas (Captain Jack Thomas)

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