Harriet Alexander Field is a public
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
two miles west of
Salida, in
Chaffee County
Chaffee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,476. The county seat is Salida.
History
Chaffee County has a confusing origin. Between February 8 and February 10, 1879, Carbonate ...
,
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
, United states. It is owned by the City of Salida and Chaffee County.
Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter
location identifier
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for the
FAA
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and
IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA ) is a trade association of the world's airlines founded in 1945. IATA has been described as a cartel since, in addition to setting technical standards for airlines, IATA also organized tariff ...
, but Harriet Alexander Field is ANK (formerly 0V2) to the FAA and SLT to the IATA (which assigned ANK to
Etimesgut Airport in
Ankara
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, Turkey).
Facilities
Harriet Alexander Field covers and has one
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...
and one
helipad
A helipad is a landing area or platform for helicopters and powered lift aircraft.
While helicopters and powered lift aircraft are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard s ...
:
* 6/24: 7,347 x 75 ft (2,239 x 23 m), surface: asphalt
* H1: 36 x 36 ft (11 x 11 m), surface: concrete
In the year ending April 20, 2006 the airport had 9,653 aircraft operations, 99.5%
general aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...
and 0.5% military.
See also
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List of airports in Colorado
This is a list of airports in Colorado (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that ...
References
External links
Airport pageat Chaffee County website
Airport pageat City of Salida website
Harriet Alexander Fieldat
Colorado DOT
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT, pronounced See Dot) is the principal department of the Colorado state government that administers state government transportation responsibilities in the state of Colorado. CDOT is responsible f ...
airport directory
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* {{US-airport-minor, ANK, SLT, KANK
Airports in Colorado
Transportation buildings and structures in Chaffee County, Colorado