Pratt Regional Airport

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Pratt Regional Airport

former Pratt AAF
Pratt Regional Airport KS 2006 USGS.jpg
2008 USGS photo
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPratt Airport Authority
Serves Pratt, Kansas
Elevation  AMSL 1,953 ft / 595 m
Coordinates 37°42′09″N098°44′49″W / 37.70250°N 98.74694°W / 37.70250; -98.74694
Website www.PrattAirportAuthority.com
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
17/355,5001,676Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations11,450
Based aircraft25

Pratt Regional Airport( IATA : PTT, ICAO : KPTT, FAA LID : PTT) is a public airport five miles north of Pratt, in Pratt County, Kansas. [1] Previously known as Pratt Industrial Airport, it is on the site of the former Pratt Army Airfield .

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Facilities

Pratt Regional Airport covers 2,569 acre s (1,040  ha ) at an elevation of 1,953 feet (595 m). Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m). [1] The facility had three 8,000 feet (2,400 m) runways: 13/31 (now closed), 04/22 (also closed), and runway 17/35 that has since been shortened by 2500 feet.

Acre unit of area

The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one chain by one furlong, which is exactly equal to 10 square chains, ​1⁄640 of a square mile, or 43,560 square feet, and approximately 4,047 m2, or about 40% of a hectare. Based upon the International yard and pound agreement of 1959, an acre may be declared as exactly 4,046.8564224 square metres. The acre is a statute measure in the United States and was formerly one in the United Kingdom and almost all countries of the former British Empire, although informal use continues.

Hectare metric unit of area

The hectare is an SI accepted metric system unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides, or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is about 0.405 hectare and one hectare contains about 2.47 acres.

In the year ending August 13, 2008 the airport had 11,450 aircraft operations, average 31 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and 1% military. 25 aircraft were then based at this airport: 68% single-engine and 32% multi-engine. [1]

General aviation civil use of aircraft excluding commercial transportation

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An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft which makes short flights on demand.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for PTT ( Form 5010 PDF ). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
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