Elkin Municipal Airport

Elkin Municipal Airport (ICAO: KZEF, FAA LID: ZEF) is a public airport in Surry County, North Carolina, United States, three miles northeast of Elkin.[1] It is owned by the Town of Elkin; the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.[2]

Elkin Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTown of Elkin
ServesElkin, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL1,067 ft / 325 m
Coordinates36°16′48″N 080°47′10″W
Map
ZEF
Location of airport in North Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 4,001 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations13,350
Based aircraft17

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Elkin is assigned ZEF by the FAA[1] and has no IATA identifier.[3][4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KZEF.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Elkin Municipal Airport covers 91 acres (37 ha) at an elevation of 1,067 feet (325 m) above mean sea level. Its one runway, 7/25, is 4,001 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m) asphalt.[1]

In the year ending July 24, 2009 the airport had 13,350 aircraft operations, average 36 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. 17 aircraft were then based at this airport: 88% single-engine and 12% multi-engine.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for ZEF (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27. External link in |work= (help)
  3. "Elkin Municipal Airport (ICAO: KZEF, FAA: ZEF, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  4. "IATA Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  5. "Elkin Municipal – ZEF (KZEF)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 28, 2012. External link in |work= (help)
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