Decatur Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Decatur
ServesDecatur, Texas
Elevation AMSL1,047 ft / 319 m
Coordinates33°15′15″N 097°34′50″W / 33.25417°N 97.58056°W / 33.25417; -97.58056
Map
LUD is located in Texas
LUD
LUD
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 4,200 1,280 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 9/19/2022)36,500
Based aircraft41

Decatur Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLUD, FAA LID: LUD) is a city-owned public airport two miles (3.7 km) north of Decatur, in Wise County, Texas.[1]

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Decatur Municipal Airport is assigned LUD by the FAA and has no IATA designation[2] (IATA assigned LUD to Lüderitz Airport in Namibia[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Decatur Municipal Airport covers 205 acres (83 ha) at an elevation of 1,047 feet (319 m) above mean sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,200 by 60 feet (1,280 x 18 m) asphalt.[1]

In the year ending September 19, 2022, the airport had 36,500 general aviation operations, average 100 per day. 41 aircraft were then based at this airport: 28 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, 8 helicopters, and 2 glider.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for LUD PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 10 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Decatur Municipal Airport, Texas (IATA: none, ICAO: KLUD, FAA: LUD)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Luderitz Airport, Namibia (IATA: LUD, ICAO: FYLZ)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
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