Heber City Municipal Airport

Heber City Municipal Airport (ICAO: KHCR, FAA LID: HCR), also known as Russ McDonald Field, is a city-owned, public-use airport located 1 mi (2 km) south of Heber City, in Wasatch County, Utah, United States,[1] east of Salt Lake City. The airport is untowered and was activated in November 1947.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

"Heber Valley" redirects here. For the heritage railroad, see Heber Valley Railroad.

Heber City Municipal Airport

Russ McDonald Field
Heber valley, with the airport visible in the left portion of the valley
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerHeber City
ServesHeber City, Utah
Elevation AMSL5,637 ft / 1,718 m
Coordinates40°28′54″N 111°25′44″W
WebsiteRussMcDonaldField
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 6,899 2,103 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations28,302
Based aircraft96

Facilities and aircraft

Heber City Municipal Airport covers an area of 401 acres (162 ha) at an elevation of 5,637 feet (1,718 m). It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,899 by 75 feet with a PCN rating of 32/F/B/X/T .[1]

Since 1986 the airport has received over $17 million in federal grant funds for development and improvements from the FAA's Airport and Airway Trust Fund.[3]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 28,302 aircraft operations, an average of 77 per day: 94% general aviation, 5% air taxi, and less than 1% military. At that time there were 96 aircraft based at this airport: 69% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 6% jet, 3% helicopter, and 16% glider.[1]

The airport has been cited since 2016 by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association as an airfield that has egregious prices and fees.[4] AOPA has asked the city of Heber to increase business competition at the airport by allowing additional fixed-base operators at the airport.[3] However, the Heber City Council voted to revert to 2016 airport minimum standards and suspend consideration of a new FBO and self-service fuel until completion of a new airport master plan.[5]

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for KHCR 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 September 27, 2012.
  3. "Increasing competition at Heber City Airport (36U)" (PDF). Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  4. "AOPA Helps Battle Egregious Pricing at Heber City FBO". Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  5. "Master of Disguise, Utah Airport Hiding Behind Master Plan". Retrieved May 6, 2019.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heber City Municipal Airport.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.