Kingman Airport (Arizona)

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Coordinates: 35°15′34″N 113°56′17″W / 35.25944, -113.93806

Kingman Airport
IATA: IGM – ICAO: KIGM – FAA: IGM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Kingman
Serves		Kingman, Arizona
Elevation AMSL		3,449 ft / 1,051 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	6,827	2,081	Asphalt
17/35	6,725	2,050	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			61,305
Based aircraft			273
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Kingman Airport (IATA: IGM, ICAO: KIGM, FAA LID: IGM) is a public airport located eight miles (13 km) northeast of the central business district of Kingman, a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The airport is owned by the City of Kingman.^[1] It is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. A number of aircraft withdrawn from commercial service are stored or scrapped there.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,907 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 2,417 enplanements in 2006.^[2] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Kingman is a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 passenger boardings per year).^[3]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Kingman Airport covers an area of 4,200 acres (1,700 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring 6,827 x 150 ft. (2,081 x 46 m) and 17/35 measuring 6,725 x 75 ft. (2,050 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 61,305 aircraft operations, an average of 167 per day: 89% general aviation, 7% air taxi, 3% scheduled commercial and <1% military. There are 273 aircraft based at this airport: 57% single engine, 35% multi-engine, 6% jet aircraft, 1% helicopters, 1% ultralights and <1% gliders.^[1]