Curtis L. Brown Jr. Field

Curtis L. Brown Jr. Field (ICAO: KEYF, FAA LID: EYF) is a town owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Elizabethtown, a town in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Curtis L. Brown Jr. Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTown of Elizabethtown
ServesElizabethtown, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL132 ft / 40 m
Coordinates34°36′06″N 078°34′45″W
WebsiteElizabethtownNC.org/...
Map
EYF
Location of airport in North Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 4,998 1,523 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations14,500
Based aircraft13

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned EYF by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]

Facilities and aircraft

Curtis L. Brown Jr. Field covers an area of 212 acres (86 ha) at an elevation of 132 feet (40 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,998 by 75 feet (1,523 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending November 1, 2010, the airport had 14,500 aircraft operations, an average of 39 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. At that time there were 13 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, and 8% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for EYF (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27. External link in |work= (help)
  3. "Curtis L. Brown Jr. Field, North Carolina (ICAO: KEYF, FAA: EYF)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  4. "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 28, 2012.


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