Houston County Airport (Minnesota)

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Houston County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KCHU – FAA: CHU
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Houston County
Location		Caledonia, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL		1,179 ft / 359 m
Coordinates		43°35′47″N 091°30′14″W / 43.59639, -91.50389
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
13/31	3,499	1,066	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			3,500
Based aircraft			10
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Houston County Airport (ICAO: KCHU, FAA LID: CHU) is a public use airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Caledonia, a city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. It is owned by Houston County.^[1] It serves general aviation for Caledonia and surrounding towns including Spring Grove and Houston. There is no scheduled air service.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Houston County Airport is assigned CHU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned CHU to Chuathbaluk Airport in Chuathbaluk, Alaska). ^{[2] [3]}

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Houston County Airport covers an area of 52 acres (21 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway, 13/31, measuring 3,499 x 77 ft. (1,066 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2006, the airport had 3,500 aircraft operations, 100% of which are general aviation.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Houston County Airport at Minnesota Airport DirectoryPDF (220 KiB)
• Houston County Airport at WikiMapia
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for CHU
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for CHU