Georgetown Executive Airport is in Williamson County, Texas, three miles north of Georgetown.[1] The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027 categorized it as a reliever airport.[2]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Georgetown | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Georgetown, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 790 ft / 241 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°40′43.71″N 097°40′45.78″W / 30.6788083°N 97.6793833°W | ||||||||||||||
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  GTU  GTU | |||||||||||||||
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Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is GTU to the FAA[1] and has the IATA code QTG.[3]
Facilities edit
The airport covers 640 acres (260 ha) at an elevation of 790 feet (241 m). It has two asphalt runways: 11/29 is 4,100 by 75 feet (1,250 x 23 m) and 18/36 is 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).[1]
In the year ending December 31st, 2021, the airport had 120,900 aircraft operations, average 350 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. 320 aircraft were then based at the airport: 77% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 8% jet, 6% helicopters.[1]
Incidents edit
On February 18, 2010 Andrew Joseph Stack flew a Piper Cherokee from Georgetown Municipal Airport into the Internal Revenue Service building in Austin, Texas. This suicide attack killed one IRS employee and Stack himself.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for GTU PDF, effective 2023-06-15.
- ^ "ADIP (GTU) Georgetown Exec".
- ^ "KGTU - Georgetown, Texas - Georgetown Executive Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
External links edit
- Aerial photo as of 2 February 1995 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for GTU, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for GTU
- AirNav airport information for GTU
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for GTU