Lincolnton–Lincoln County Regional Airport (ICAO: KIPJ, FAA LID: IPJ) is a public use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) east of the central business district of Lincolnton, a city in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the City of Lincolnton & Lincoln County.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is a general aviation airport[2] (it had previously been a reliever airport[3]).
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Lincolnton & Lincoln County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lincolnton, North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 877 ft / 267 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°29′00″N 081°09′40″W / 35.48333°N 81.16111°W | ||||||||||
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Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned IPJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
editLincolnton–Lincoln County Regional Airport covers an area of 453 acres (183 ha) at an elevation of 877 feet (267 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending June 6, 2008, the airport had 34,100 aircraft operations, an average of 93 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. At that time there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 10% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for IPJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.58 MB) Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 6 October 2006.
- ^ "Lincolnton–Lincoln County Regional Airport (ICAO: KIPJ, FAA: IPJ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
External links
edit- "Lincolnton–Lincoln County Regional Airport (IPJ)" (PDF). at North Carolina DOT airport guide
- Aerial photo as of April 1998 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for IPJ, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for IPJ
- AirNav airport information for KIPJ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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