Portland Municipal Airport (Indiana)
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Portland | ||||||||||
| Serves | Portland, Indiana | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 925 ft / 282 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°27′06″N 084°59′20″W / 40.45167°N 84.98889°W | ||||||||||
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Portland Municipal Airport (ICAO: KPLD, FAA LID: PLD) is a city-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northwest of the central business district of Portland, a city in Jay County, Indiana, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PLD by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned PLD to Playa Samara, Costa Rica).[4][5]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Portland Municipal Airport covers an area of 45 acres (18 ha) at an elevation of 925 feet (282 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,002 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2009, the airport had 7,737 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day: 80% general aviation, 19% military, and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 54.5% multi-engine and 45.5% single-engine.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for PLD PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27.
- ^ "Portland Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KPLD, FAA: PLD)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (PLD: Playa Samara)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
- ^ "Playa Samara Airport, Costa Rica (IATA: PLD)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
External links
[edit]- Aerial photo from Indiana DOT at the Wayback Machine (archived August 15, 2010)
- Aerial image as of March 1998 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for PLD, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for PLD
- AirNav airport information for KPLD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KPLD
