Fillmore County Airport | |
Icao: | KFKA |
Faa: | FKA |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Fillmore County |
City-Served: | Preston, Minnesota |
Elevation-M: | 389 |
Coordinates: | 43.6761°N -92.1794°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Minnesota#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Minnesota/United States |
Pushpin Label: | FKA |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
R1-Number: | 11/29 |
R1-Length-F: | 4,001 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,220 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2007 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Fillmore County Airport, is a public use airport located close to Preston, a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. It is owned by Fillmore County.
The county acquired land for the airport in 1967. A 3200 feet turf runway opened in 1970. The runway was first paved lighted in 1975. The runway was extended to 4000 feet in 1989. A parallel taxiway was added in 2005. The current Arrival/Departures building was opened in 1981 and is dedicated to Bernard Pietenpol. [2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FKA by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]