Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport
Coordinates: 30°20′11″N 081°30′52″W / 30.33639°N 81.51444°W
| Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport | |||
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| IATA: CRG – ICAO: KCRG – FAA LID: CRG | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Jacksonville Aviation Authority | ||
| Serves | Jacksonville, Florida | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 41 ft / 12 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 5/23 | 4,004 | 1,220 | Asphalt |
| 14/32 | 3,998 | 1,219 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (1999) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 158,769 | ||
| Based aircraft | 319 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (IATA: CRG, ICAO: KCRG, FAA LID: CRG) is a public airport located eight miles (13 km) east of the central business district of Jacksonville, in Duval County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority.[1]
This mid-sized general aviation airport handles personal aircraft and small commuter planes. The entrance is located along St. Johns Bluff Road north of Atlantic Boulevard, although it also borders Atlantic Blvd to the south. The airport has a control tower and handles 400-500 aircraft operations daily. It previously served as a joint civil-military airport hosting an Army Aviation Support Facility and helicopter units of the Florida Army National Guard prior to their relocation to nearby Cecil Field following the latter facility's inactivation as a naval air station in 1999.
The United States Navy's Blue Angels performed their first airshow at Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport on June 15, 1946. [2]
[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport covers an area of 1,342 acres (543 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 measuring 4,004 x 120ft and 14/32 measuring 3,998 x 120ft.[1]
For the 12-month period ending October 20, 1999, the airport had 158,769 aircraft operations, an average of 434 per day: 86% general aviation, 9% military and 5% air taxi. There are 319 aircraft based at this airport: 57% single-engine, 27% multi-engine, 7% helicopter, 6% military and 4% jet (12).[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for CRG (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
- ^ www.blueangels.navy.mil
[edit] External links
- Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport page at the Jacksonville Aviation Authority website
- Jacksonville Executive at Craig AirportPDF (881 KiB) brochure from CFASPP (April 2005)
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 8 March 2012
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KCRG
- ASN accident history for CRG
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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