Sierra Vista Municipal Airport

Sierra Vista Municipal Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Sierra Vista Municipal Airport
nativename = Libby Army Airfield


IATA = FHU
ICAO = KFHU
FAA = FHU
type = Public / Military
owner =
operator = City of Sierra Vista and United States Army
city-served = Sierra Vista, Arizona
location = Fort Huachuca
elevation-f = 4,719
elevation-m = 1,438
website =
r1-number = 8/26
r1-length-f = 12,001
r1-length-m = 3,658
r1-surface = Concrete
r2-number = 12/30
r2-length-f = 5,366
r2-length-m = 1,636
r2-surface = Asphalt/Concrete
r3-number = 3/21
r3-length-f = 4,285
r3-length-m = 1,306
r3-surface = Asphalt/Concrete
h1-number = H1
h1-length-f = 40
h1-length-m = 12
h1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 157,184
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 118
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=FHU|use=PU|own=MR|site=00682.*A, effective 2007-10-25]

Sierra Vista Municipal Airport airport codes|FHU|KFHU|FHU, a joint-use airport which shares facilities with Libby Army Airfield, is located on Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The airport has three runways and one helipad. It is mostly used for military aviation for the surrounding military base.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,304 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 2,041 enplanements in 2006. [ [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2006] ] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Sierra Vista is a "general aviation" airport (the "commercial service" category requires at least 2,500 passenger boardings per year). [ [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011] ] Scheduled commercial service by Great Lakes Airlines to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ended on February 28, 2007. [cite web | url = http://www.ci.sierra-vista.az.us/City%20Page/PressReleases/0202airservice.htm | title = Commercial air service to Sierra Vista Municipal Airport to end March 1st | work = City of Sierra Vista press release | date = 2007-02-02]

Facilities and aircraft

Sierra Vista Municipal/Libby Army Airfield has three runways and one helipad:
* Runway 8/26: 12,001 x 150 ft. (3,658 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
* Runway 12/30: 5,366 x 100 ft. (1,636 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete
* Runway 3/21: 4,285 x 75 ft. (1,306 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete
* Helipad H1: 40 x 40 ft. (12 x 12 m), Surface: Asphalt

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 157,184 aircraft operations, an average of 430 per day: 74% military, 24% general aviation, 1% scheduled commercial and <1% air taxi. There are 118 aircraft based at this airport: 59% single engine, 24% military, 7% multi engine, 7% helicopters and 3% ultralights.

References

External links

* [http://www.ci.sierra-vista.az.us/cms1//index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=19&Itemid=476 Sierra Vista Municipal Airport] at City of Sierra Vista web site
* [http://www.azdot.gov/aviation/airports/airports_list.asp?FAA=FHU Sierra Vista Municipal Airport] at Arizona DOT web site
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/libby.htm Libby Army Airfield] (GlobalSecurity.org)
*Wikimapia|31.588472|-110.344389|14|Satellite photo
*FAA-diagram|05081
*US-airport-ga|FHU


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