Fitchburg Municipal Airport

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Fitchburg Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KFIT – FAA: FIT
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Fitchburg
Location		Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Elevation AMSL		348 ft / 106 m
Coordinates		42°33′15″N 071°45′32″W / 42.55417, -71.75889
Website		www.fitchburgairport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
2/20	3,504	1,068	Asphalt
14/32	4,510	1,375	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			168,025
Based aircraft			146
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Fitchburg Municipal Airport (ICAO: KFIT, FAA LID: FIT) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Fitchburg, a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. This airport is owned by the City of Fitchburg.^[1]

Occasionally the airport serves as a home for rock festivals such as The Warped Tour and Locobazooka.

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Fitchburg Municipal Airport covers an area of 376 acres (152 ha) which contains two paved runways: 2/20 measuring 3,504 x 75 ft. (1,068 x 23 m) and 14/32 measuring 4,510 x 100 ft. (1,375 x 30 m).^[1]

For 12-month period ending November 1, 2006, the airport had 168,025 aircraft operations, an average of 460 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. There are 146 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single engine, 3% multi-engine, 1% jet aircraft, 2% helicopters, 1% gliders and 1% ultralight.^[1]