Summit Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Summit Aviation, Inc. | ||||||||||||||
Location | Middletown, Delaware, United States | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 70 ft / 21 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°31′13″N075°43′14″W / 39.52028°N 75.72056°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | Summit Aviation | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] |
Summit Airport( ICAO : KEVY, FAA LID : EVY) is a public-use airport located 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the central business district of Middletown, in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is privately owned by Summit Aviation, Inc. [1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a reliever general aviation facility. [2]
Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA . However, this airport is assigned EVY by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. [3]
The airport hosts a variety of aviation-related events throughout the year. It hosts a multi-week Women in Aviation and Law Enforcement Seminar sponsored by the Delaware State Police. [4] [5] [6]
The airport has hosted training missions for medivac helicopter crews. [7] It is also a maintenance base for military Chinook helicopters. [8]
The airport has been a source of controversy for storing an ATR 42 purchased to serve in drug enforcement efforts in Afghanistan. The plane is unairworthy and unable to fly, and it thus is taking up space and rent. [9]
Summit Airport covers an area of 209 acres (85 ha ) which contains two runways. [1] Runway 17/35 measures 4,488 x 65 ft (1,368 x 20 m) with an asphalt surface. Runway 11/29 measures 3,601 x 200 ft (1,098 x 61 m) with a turf surface. [10] [11]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2016, the airport had 31,390 aircraft operations, an average of 86 per day: 99% general aviation and less than 1% military. This is down from 89,600 aircraft operations in 2002. In 2016, there were 21 aircraft based at the airport, all single engine airplanes. This was down from 103 based aircraft in 2002. [1] [10] [11]
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