Newton City/County Airport

Newton City-County Airport
IATA: EWK – ICAO: KEWK – FAA LID: EWK
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Newton & Harvey County
Serves Harvey County, Kansas
Location Newton, Kansas
Elevation AMSL 1,533 ft / 467 m
Coordinates 38°03′30″N 097°16′28″W / 38.05833°N 97.27444°W / 38.05833; -97.27444
Website www.NewtonAirport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 7,003 2,135 Asphalt
8/26 3,501 1,067 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 65,044
Based aircraft 99

Newton City-County Airport (IATA: EWK, ICAO: KEWK, FAA LID: EWK) is three miles east of Newton, in Harvey County, Kansas. It is owned by the City of Newton and Harvey County.[1]

The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a reliever airport[2] for Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.[1]

Facilities

The airport covers 635 acres (257 ha) at an elevation of 1,533 feet (467 m). It has two asphalt runways: runway 17/35 is 7,003 by 100 feet (2,135 x 30 m) and 8/26 is 3,501 by 60 feet (1,067 x 18 m).[1]

The Hesston College aviation program operates out of Hangar K.

In the year ending June 10, 2008 the airport had 65,044 aircraft operations, average 178 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. 99 aircraft were then based at the airport: 77% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 7% jet, 2% helicopter and 1% ultralight.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for EWK (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
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