Middleton Field

Middleton Field (ICAO: KGZH, FAA LID: GZH, formerly 39J) is a public-use airport located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of the central business district of Evergreen, a city in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[2] Although the airport is owned by the City of Evergreen, it is primarily used for flight training by the U.S. Navy as Naval Outlying Field Evergreen under Whiting Field.

For the airport in Middleton, Wisconsin, see Middleton Municipal Airport.
Middleton Field
NAIP aerial image, 30 June 2006
Summary
Airport typePublic / military
OwnerCity of Evergreen
ServesEvergreen, Alabama
Elevation AMSL259 ft / 79 m
Coordinates31°24′57″N 087°02′39″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 5,005 1,526 Asphalt
10/28 5,004 1,525 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations134,005
Based aircraft10

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Middleton Field is assigned GZH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Middleton Field covers an area of 200 acres (81 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways (1/19 and 10/28) each measuring 4,000 by 150 ft (1,219 by 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending June 25, 2007, the airport had 134,005 aircraft operations, an average of 367 per day: 96% military and 4% general aviation.[1]

Accidents

On July 13, 1982, Lt. Cmdr. Barbara Allen Rainey, the U.S. Navy's first female pilot, and her student were killed in a crash while practicing touch-and-go landings at Middleton Field.[4] The resulting litigation, Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Rainey, went to the U.S. Supreme Court.

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for GZH PDF, effective April 27, 2017.
  2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB) Archived 2011-08-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. Great Circle Mapper: KGZH - Evergreen, Alabama (Middleton Field)
  4. Arlington Cemetery Biography for Lt. Cmdr. Barbara Allen Rainey
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