Aitkin Municipal Airport
Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz Field | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | County & City of Aitkin | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Aitkin, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,205 ft / 367 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°32′54″N 093°40′36″W / 46.54833°N 93.67667°W | ||||||||||||||
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AIT Location of airport in Minnesota/United States AIT AIT (the US) | |||||||||||||||
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Aitkin Municipal Airport (ICAO: KAIT, FAA LID: AIT), also known as Steve Kurtz Field, is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Aitkin, a city in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. It is owned by the County & City of Aitkin.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned AIT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned AIT to Aitutaki, Cook Islands[3]).
Facilities and aircraft
Aitkin Municipal Airport covers an area of 299 acres (121 ha) at an elevation of 1,205 feet (367 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 16/34 with a 4,018 x 75 ft (1,225 x 23 m) asphalt pavement and 8/26 with a 3,335 x 150 ft (1,017 x 46 m) turf surface.[1]
For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2007, the airport had 16,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 43 per day. At that time there were 47 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine, 4% multi-engine and 2% glider.[1]
References
External links
- "Aitkin Municipal Airport (Steve Kurtz Field)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-07. at Minnesota DOT Airport Directory
- Aitkin Aviation Inc., the airport's fixed-base operator
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for AIT
- AirNav airport information for KAIT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
- FAA Terminal Procedures for AIT, effective September 13, 2018