Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport


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IATA = EDK
ICAO = KEQA
FAA = EQA
type = Public
owner = City of El Dorado
operator =
city-served =
location = El Dorado, Kansas
elevation-f = 1,378
elevation-m = 420
coordinates = coord|37|46|27|N|096|49|03|W|type:airport_region:US|display=inline
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r1-number = 4/22
r1-length-f = 4,204
r1-length-m = 1,281
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 15/33
r2-length-f = 4,200
r2-length-m = 1,280
r2-surface = Concrete
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 13,225
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 29
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=EQA|use=PU|own=PU|site=06565.*A, retrieved 03/15/2007]

Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport Airport codes|EDK|KEQA|EQA is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of El Dorado, in Butler County, Kansas, United States. This airport is publicly owned by City of El Dorado.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned EQA by the FAA and EDK by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KEQA. [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/EDK Great Circle Mapper: EDK / KEQA - El Dorado, Kansas (Captain Jack Thomas)] ]

Facilities and aircraft

Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport covers an area of 220 acres (89 ha) which contains two runways:
* Runway 4/22: 4,204 x 75 ft (1,281 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
* Runway 15/33: 4,200 x 75 ft (1,280 x 23 m), Surface: Concrete

For 12-month period ending April 14, 2006, the airport had 13,225 aircraft operations, an average of 36 per day: 99% general aviation (13,200) and <1% military (25). There are 29 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single engine (28) and 3% ultralights (1).

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