Chilhowee Gliderport
| Chilhowee Gliderport | |||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 92A | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Helen Reisman | ||||||||||
| Serves | Benton, Tennessee | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 770 ft / 235 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°13′35″N 084°35′06″W / 35.22639°N 84.58500°W | ||||||||||
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  92A Location of airport in Tennessee | |||||||||||
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Chilhowee Gliderport (FAA LID: 92A) is a privately owned public-use glider airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northeast of the central business district of Benton, in Polk County, Tennessee, United States.[1]
Facilities and aircraft
Chilhowee Gliderport has one runway designated 3/21 with a turf surface measuring 2,600 by 200 feet (792 x 61 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 10,820 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 29 aircraft based at this airport: 90% glider and 10% single-engine.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for 92A (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.
External links
- Aerial image as of 16 March 1997 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 92A
- AirNav airport information for 92A
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 92A
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