Georgetown Municipal Airport

Georgetown Municipal Airport is in Williamson County, Texas, three miles north of Georgetown.[1] The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011 categorized it as a reliever airport.[2]

Georgetown Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Georgetown
ServesGeorgetown, Texas
Elevation AMSL790 ft / 241 m
Coordinates30°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 (2008)
Aircraft operations127,700
Based aircraft216

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 no IATA code.[3]

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).[1]

In the year ending February 27, 2008 the airport had 127,700 aircraft operations, average 350 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. 216 aircraft were then based at the airport: 84% single-engine, 12% multi-engine, 3% jet, 1% helicopters.[1]

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.

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for GTU (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-08-27.
  2. FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011
  3. "KGTU - Georgetown, Texas - Georgetown Municipal Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
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