Georgetown Municipal Airport

Georgetown Executive Airport
IATA: QTG ICAO: KGTU FAA LID: GTU
Summary
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
Map
GTU GTU
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 4,100 1,250 Asphalt 18/36 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations 120,900 Based aircraft 320
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Georgetown Executive Airport is in Williamson County, Texas, three miles north of Georgetown. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027 categorized it as a reliever airport.

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is GTU to the FAA and has the IATA code QTG.

Facilities

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).

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.

Incidents

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

• List of airports in Texas

External links

• Aerial photo as of 2 February 1995 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for GTU, effective October 31, 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