Mount Sterling-Montgomery County Airport

Mount Sterling-Montgomery County Airport (ICAO: KIOB, FAA LID: IOB) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of Mount Sterling, a city in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States. It is owned by the city of Mount Sterling and Montgomery County.[1]

Mount Sterling-Montgomery County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMount Sterling & Montgomery County
ServesMount Sterling, Kentucky
Elevation AMSL1,019 ft / 311 m
Coordinates38°03′29″N 083°58′46″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 5,002 1,525 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations31,505
Based aircraft70

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned IOB by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Mount Sterling-Montgomery County Airport covers an area of 53 acres (21 ha) at an elevation of 1,019 feet (311 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 3/21 which measures 5,002 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 7, 2007, the airport had 31,505 aircraft operations, an average of 86 per day: 85% general aviation, 12% air taxi and 2% military. At that time there were 70 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 19% multi-engine, 1% jet and 1% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for IOB PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
  2. Great Circle Mapper: KIOB - Mount Sterling-Montgomery County Airport
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