Arlington Municipal Airport (Texas)

Arlington Municipal Airport
Arlington Municipal Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: KGKY; FAA LID: GKY;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	City of Arlington
Serves	Arlington, Texas
Elevation AMSL	628 ft / 191 m
Coordinates	32°39′50″N 097°05′39″W / 32.66389°N 97.09417°W
Website	www.arlingtontx.gov/city_hall/departments/arlington_municipal_airport
Map
	GKY GKY
Runways
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	88,222
Based aircraft	200
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Arlington Municipal Airport (ICAO: KGKY, FAA LID: GKY) is five miles south of Arlington, in Tarrant County, Texas.^[1] The airport is at the intersection of Interstate 20 and South Collins Road; it is a reliever airport for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field.

Several companies operate aircraft services on the airport property, including the Bell Helicopter division of Textron.

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport GKY to the FAA and has no IATA code.^[2]

Facilities

The airport covers 500 acres (200 ha) at an elevation of 628 feet (191 m). Its single runway, 16/34, is 6,080 by 100 feet (1,853 x 30 m) concrete.^[1]

In the year ending December 31, 2015 the airport had 88,222 aircraft operations, average 242 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi, <1% airline, and <1% military. 200 aircraft were then based at this airport: 163 single-engine, 14 multi-engine, 14 jet, 8 helicopter and 1 glider.^[1]