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Georgetown Municipal Airport

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Georgetown Executive Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Georgetown
ServesGeorgetown, Texas
Elevation AMSL790 ft / 241 m
Coordinates30°40′43.71″N 097°40′45.78″W / 30.6788083°N 97.6793833°W / 30.6788083; -97.6793833
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GTU is located in Texas
GTU
GTU
GTU is located in the United States
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 4,100 1,250 Asphalt
18/36 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations120,900
Based aircraft320

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]

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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for GTU PDF, effective 2023-06-15.
  2. ^ "ADIP (GTU) Georgetown Exec".
  3. ^ "KGTU - Georgetown, Texas - Georgetown Executive Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
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