Thomas P. Stafford Airport

Thomas P. Stafford Airport (ICAO: KOJA, FAA LID: OJA, formerly F91) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Weatherford, a city in Custer County, Oklahoma.[1] Named after NASA astronaut and Weatherford native Thomas P. Stafford, it is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

"Weatherford Airport" redirects here. For the airport serving Weatherford, Texas, United States, see Parker County Airport.
"OJA" redirects here. For other uses, see OJA (disambiguation).
Thomas P. Stafford Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Weatherford
ServesWeatherford, Oklahoma
Elevation AMSL1,605 ft / 489 m
Coordinates35°32′45″N 098°40′07″W
Websitehttps://cityofweatherford.com/transportation
Map
OJA
Location of airport in Oklahoma
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 5,100 1,554 Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations7,000
Based aircraft26

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned OJA by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]

The Stafford Air & Space Museum, which is also named for Thomas P. Stafford, is located at the airport, and exhibits the Gemini 6A space capsule flown by Stafford and Wally Schirra in 1965 and the spacesuit Stafford word during his 1969 Apollo 10 Moon mission.

Facilities and aircraft

Thomas P. Stafford Airport covers an area of 167 acres (68 ha) at an elevation of 1,605 feet (489 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with a concrete surface measuring 5,100 by 75 feet (1,554 x 23 m).[1] The runway previously had an asphalt surface measuring 4,400 by 75 feet (1,341 x 23 m).[5]

For the 12-month period ending April 19, 2008, the airport had 7,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day. At that time there were 26 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, and 4% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for OJA (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  3. "Thomas P. Stafford Airport, Weatherford, Oklahoma (ICAO: KOJA, FAA: OJA)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  4. "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  5. "KOJA – Thomas P. Stafford Airport". FAA data republished by AirNav. February 11, 2010. Archived from the original on March 27, 2010.
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