Quakertown Airport
| Quakertown Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: UKT – ICAO: KUKT – FAA LID: UKT | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner/Operator | Bucks County Airport Authority | ||
| Serves | Quakertown, Pennsylvania | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 526 ft / 160 m | ||
| Coordinates | 40°26′07″N 075°22′55″W / 40.43528°N 75.38194°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 11/29 | 3,201 | 976 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 29,642 | ||
| Based aircraft | 88 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Quakertown Airport (IATA: UKT, ICAO: KUKT, FAA LID: UKT) is a public use airport located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States and owned by the Bucks County Airport Authority.[1] It is two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Quakertown, Pennsylvania.[1] The airport was dedicated on January 22, 1965.[2] It is home to the Civil Air Patrol Squadron 904.
[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Quakertown Airport covers an area of 122 acres (49 ha) at an elevation of 526 feet (160 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 11/29 which measures 3,201 by 50 feet (976 x 15 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending September 4, 2008, the airport had 29,642 aircraft operations, an average of 81 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 88 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 2% jet, 1% helicopter and 2% ultralight.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Master Record for UKT (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Aviation History". PennDOT Aviation Bureau. http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdBOA.nsf/History?OpenPage. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
[edit] External links
- Quakertown Airport at Bucks County Airport Authority website
- Civil Air Patrol Squadron 904
- Aerial photo as of 13 April 1999 from USGS The National Map via MSR Maps
- Quakertown Airport (UKT) at PennDOT Bureau of Aviation
- FAA Terminal Procedures for UKT, effective 12 January 2012
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KUKT
- ASN accident history for UKT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
