Houston County Airport (Minnesota)

Houston County Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Houston County
Location Caledonia, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL 1,179 ft / 359 m
Coordinates 43°35′47″N 091°30′14″W / 43.59639°N 91.50389°W / 43.59639; -91.50389
Map
CHU
Location of airport in Minnesota/United States
CHU
CHU (the US)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 3,499 1,066 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 3,500
Based aircraft 10

Houston County Airport (ICAO: KCHU, FAA LID: CHU) is a public use airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Caledonia, a city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. It is owned by Houston County.[1] It serves general aviation for Caledonia and surrounding towns including Spring Grove and Houston. There is no scheduled air service.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Houston County Airport is assigned CHU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned CHU to Chuathbaluk Airport in Chuathbaluk, Alaska).[2][3]

Facilities and aircraft

Houston County Airport covers an area of 52 acres (21 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway, 13/31, measuring 3,499 by 77 feet (1,066 m × 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2006, the airport had 3,500 aircraft operations, 100% of which are general aviation.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for CHU (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KCHU - Caledonia, Minnesota (Houston County Airport)
  3. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: CHU - Chuathbaluk, Alaska (FAA: 9A3)
  • "Houston County Airport at Minnesota Airport Directory" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-24.  (220 KiB)
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