Carl Folsom Airport

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Carl Folsom Airport
NAIP aerial image, 30 June 2006
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerElba Airport Authority
ServesElba, Alabama
Elevation AMSL258 ft / 79 m
Coordinates31°24′36″N 086°05′25″W / 31.41000°N 86.09028°W / 31.41000; -86.09028
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 3,050 930 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations5,360
Based aircraft22

Carl Folsom Airport (FAA LID: 14J) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of Elba, a city in Coffee County, Alabama, United States. It is owned by the Elba Airport Authority.[1]

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015[2] and 2009–2013,[3] both of which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Facilities and aircraft[edit]

Carl Folsom Airport covers an area of 171 acres (69 ha) at an elevation of 258 feet (79 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,050 by 75 feet (930 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 9, 2010, the airport had 5,360 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 95% general aviation and 5% military. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 6% jet and 6% helicopter.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for 14J PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.
  2. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-27.
  3. ^ "2009–2013 NPIAS Report, Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB)" (PDF). 2009–2013 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 15 October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-06.

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