Kleberg County Airport

Kleberg County Airport (ICAO: KIKG, FAA LID: IKG) is a county-owned, public-use airport located nine nautical miles (10 miles; 17 km) west of the central business district of Kingsville, a city in Kleberg County, Texas, United States.[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Kleberg County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerKleberg County
ServesKingsville, Texas
Elevation AMSL130 ft / 40 m
Coordinates27°33′03″N 098°01′51″W
WebsiteKlebergCountyAirport.com
Map
IKG
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations7,400
Based aircraft11

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned IKG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Kleberg County Airport covers an area of 295 acres (119 ha) at an elevation of 130 feet (40 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,000 by 75 feet (1,829 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 20, 2011, the airport had 7,400 aircraft operations, an average of 20 per day: 81% general aviation, 18% military, and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single-engine, 9% jet and 18% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for IKG PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB) Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
  3. "Kleberg County Airport (FAA: IKG, ICAO: KIKG)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
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