Houston County Airport (Minnesota)

Houston County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KCHU – FAA LID: CHU
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Houston County
Location	Caledonia, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL	1,179 ft / 359 m
Coordinates	43°35′47″N 091°30′14″W / 43.59639°N 91.50389°W
Map
CHU CHU Location of airport in Minnesota/United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 3,499 1,066 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 3,500 Based aircraft 10
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Houston County Airport (ICAO: KCHU, FAA LID: CHU) is a public use airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Caledonia, a city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. It is owned by Houston County.^[1] It serves general aviation for Caledonia and surrounding towns including Spring Grove and Houston. There is no scheduled air service.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Houston County Airport is assigned CHU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned CHU to Chuathbaluk Airport in Chuathbaluk, Alaska). ^{[2] [3]}

Facilities and aircraft

Houston County Airport covers an area of 52 acres (21 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway, 13/31, measuring 3,499 by 77 feet (1,066 m × 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2006, the airport had 3,500 aircraft operations, 100% of which are general aviation.^[1]

References

1. FAA Airport Master Record for CHU (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
2. Great Circle Mapper: KCHU - Caledonia, Minnesota (Houston County Airport)
3. Great Circle Mapper: CHU - Chuathbaluk, Alaska (FAA: 9A3)

External links

• "Houston County Airport at Minnesota Airport Directory" (PDF). (220 KiB)
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for CHU
  • AirNav airport information for CHU
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for CHU