Newton City/County Airport

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Newton City-County Airport
IATA: EWKICAO: KEWKFAA 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
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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: EWKICAO: KEWKFAA 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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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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