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Sulphur Springs Airport

Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (IATA: SLR, ICAO: KSLR, FAA LID: SLR) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Sulphur Springs, a city in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. The airport is situated on the shores of Lake Sulphur Springs.

It was named Texas Airport of the Year for 2003 by the Texas Department of Transportation Aviation Division.

Facilities and aircraft

Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport covers an area of 197 acres (80 ha) at an elevation of 489 feet (149 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with a concrete surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending March 7, 2009, the airport had 17,910 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% military, and <1% air taxi. At that time there were 74 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 1% jet, 1% helicopter, and 1% ultralight.

See also

References

  1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for SLR PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  3. ^ "Sulphur Springs Lake (Sulphur River Basin) | Texas Water Development Board". www.twdb.texas.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  4. ^ "Airport". City of Sulphur Springs. 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08.