Decatur Municipal Airport
| Decatur Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: KLUD – FAA LID: LUD | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Decatur | ||||||||||
| Serves | Decatur, Texas | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,047 ft / 319 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°15′15″N 097°34′50″W / 33.25417°N 97.58056°W | ||||||||||
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Decatur Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLUD, FAA LID: LUD) is a city-owned public airport two miles (3.7 km) north of Decatur, in Wise County, Texas.[1]
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Decatur Municipal Airport is assigned LUD by the FAA and has no IATA designation[2] (IATA assigned LUD to Lüderitz Airport in Namibia[3]).
Facilities and aircraft
Decatur Municipal Airport covers 205 acres (83 ha) at an elevation of 1,047 feet (319 m) above mean sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,200 by 60 feet (1,280 x 18 m) asphalt.[1]
In the year ending September 4, 2008 the airport had 13,200 general aviation operations, average 36 per day. 48 aircraft were then based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 13% multi-engine and 8% glider.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for LUD (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 11 February 2010.
- ↑ "Decatur Municipal Airport, Texas (IATA: none, ICAO: KLUD, FAA: LUD)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ↑ "Luderitz Airport, Namibia (IATA: LUD, ICAO: FYLZ)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
External links
- "Decatur Municipal (LUD)" (PDF). at Texas DOT Airport Directory
- Aerial image as of February 1995 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for LUD, effective November 10, 2016
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for LUD
- AirNav airport information for KLUD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures