Graham Field (airport)

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Graham Field
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner McCook Industries
Serves North Sioux City, South Dakota
Elevation  AMSL 1,106 ft / 337 m
Coordinates 42°32′25″N096°29′06″W / 42.54028°N 96.48500°W / 42.54028; -96.48500
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 5,300 1,615 Concrete/Turf
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 324

Graham Field( FAA LID : 7K7) is a privately owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of North Sioux City, in Union County, South Dakota, United States. [1]

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Facilities and aircraft

Graham Field covers an area of 320 acres (130 ha) at an elevation of 1,106 feet (337 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with a concrete and turf surface measuring 5,300 by 36 feet (1,615 x 11 m). For the 12-month period ending August 18, 2009, the airport had 324 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 27 per month. [1]

Elevation Height of a geographic location above a fixed reference point

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface . The term elevation is mainly used when referring to points on the Earth's surface, while altitude or geopotential height is used for points above the surface, such as an aircraft in flight or a spacecraft in orbit, and depth is used for points below the surface.

Runway Area of surface used by aircraft to takeoff from and land on

According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface.

Concrete Composite construction material

Concrete, usually Portland cement concrete, is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that hardens over time—most frequently a lime-based cement binder, such as Portland cement, but sometimes with other hydraulic cements, such as a calcium aluminate cement. It is distinguished from other, non-cementitious types of concrete all binding some form of aggregate together, including asphalt concrete with a bitumen binder, which is frequently used for road surfaces, and polymer concretes that use polymers as a binder.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for 7K7 ( Form 5010 PDF ). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
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