Granbury Regional Airport

Granbury Regional Airport (ICAO: KGDJ, FAA LID: GDJ, formerly F55)[2] is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of Granbury, a city in Hood County, Texas, United States.[1] Formerly known as Granbury Municipal Airport,[3] it is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[4]

Granbury Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Granbury
ServesGranbury, Texas
Elevation AMSL778 ft / 237 m
Coordinates32°26′40″N 097°49′01″W
Map
GDJ is located in Texas
GDJ
GDJ
Location of airport in Texas
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 3,603 1,098 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations26,700
Based aircraft59

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GDJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[5] (which assigned GDJ to Gandajika Airport in Gandajika, DR Congo).[6][7]

Facilities and aircraft

Granbury Regional Airport covers an area of 76 acres (31 ha) at an elevation of 778 feet (237 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,603 by 60 feet (1,098 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending February 5, 2009, the airport had 26,700 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 73 per day. At that time there were 59 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 2% jet, and 2% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for GDJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. "F55 – Granbury Municipal Airport". FAA data republished by AirNav. September 4, 2003. Archived from the original on October 3, 2003.
  3. "KGDJ (formerly F55) – Granbury Municipal Airport". FAA data republished by AirNav. August 30, 2007. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007.
  4. "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 October 27, 2012.
  5. "Granbury Regional Airport, ICAO: KGDJ, FAA: GDJ". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  6. "Gandajika Airport, Congo (Democratic Republic), IATA: GDJ, ICAO: FZWC". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  7. "Airline and Airport Code Search (GDJ: Gandajika)". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved June 1, 2013.
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