Festus Memorial Airport

Festus Memorial Airport (ICAO: KFES, FAA LID: FES) is a privately owned, public-use, individual airport situation located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Festus, a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.[1]

Festus Memorial Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic use
OwnerWings Portco, Inc.
ServesFestus, Missouri
Elevation AMSL433 ft / 132 m
Coordinates38°11′42″N 090°23′08″W
WebsiteFestusAirport.net
Map
FES is located in Missouri
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Location of airport in Missouri
FES is located in the United States
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FES (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 2,202 671 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations9,006
Based aircraft25

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FES by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[2][3]

Facilities and aircraft

Festus Memorial Airport sits on an area of 72 acres (29 ha) at an elevation of 433 feet (132 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,202 by 49 feet (671 x 15 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 9,006 individual operations, an average of 25 per day: 99.9% general aviation and <0.1% military. At that time there were 25 aircraft based at this airport: 24 single-engine aircraft based at this airport, and one multi-engine aircraft. This airport is permanently closed as of January 2023. [1]

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for FES PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 8, 2019.
  2. "IATA Airport Code Search (FES)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  3. "Festus Memorial Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KFES, FAA: FES)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
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