Akron Fulton International Airport
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| Akron Fulton International Airport | |||
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| IATA: AKC – ICAO: KAKR – FAA: AKR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Akron | ||
| Serves | Akron, Ohio | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,067 ft / 325 m | ||
| Coordinates | 41°02′15″N 081°28′01″W / 41.0375°N 81.46694°WCoordinates: 41°02′15″N 081°28′01″W / 41.0375°N 81.46694°W | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 7/25 | 6,337 | 1,932 | Asphalt |
| 1/19 | 2,336 | 712 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 26,000 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Akron Fulton International Airport (IATA: AKC, ICAO: KAKR, FAA LID: AKR) is a general aviation airport located in the city of Akron in Summit County, Ohio, United States. It is owned by the city of Akron.[1]
Named for longtime manager Bain Ecarius "Shorty" Fulton and his son Bain J. "Bud" Fulton,[2][3] it first opened in 1929 and has operated in several different capacities since then. Although the airport has only served general aviation for many years, it does technically have United States Customs facilities, and is therefore considered an international airport. The airport did have commercial scheduled airline service until the 1950s. It is now used for both cargo and private planes.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Akron Fulton is assigned AKR by the FAA and AKC by the IATA (which assigned AKR to Akure, Nigeria).[4][5]
In 1985, the Akron Fulton Airport was recognized as the 3rd National Landmark of Soaring by the National Soaring Museum.[6]
[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Akron Fulton International Airport covers an area of 1,171 acres (474 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 7/25 measuring 6,337 x 150 ft (1,932 x 46 m) and 1/19 measuring 2,336 x 100 ft (712 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending May 22, 2007, the airport had 26,000 aircraft operations, an average of 71 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for AKR (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
- ^ "Daredevil...Barnstormer...Dreamer". Summit Memory.
- ^ Price, Mark J. (2009-11-30). "Chill on the hill". Akron Beacon Journal. http://www.ohio.com/lifestyle/78124862.html. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: AKC / KAKR - Akron, Ohio
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: AKR / DNAK - Akure, Nigeria
- ^ "No.3 -- Fulton Airport, Akron, Ohio". National Soaring Museum. http://www.soaringmuseum.org/landmark/nls03/nls03.html. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
[edit] External links
- Akron Fulton Airport at City of Akron website
- Shorty Fulton Collection from the Summit Memory Project
- FAA Airport Diagram(PDF), effective 14 Jan 2010
- FAA Terminal Procedures for AKR, effective 14 Jan 2010
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KAKR
- ASN accident history for AKC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KAKR
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