La Porte Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use
airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the
central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
of
La Porte, a city in
Harris County,
Texas,
United States.
Facilities and aircraft
La Porte Municipal Airport covers an area of which contains two
asphalt paved
runways: 12/30 measuring 4,165 x 75 ft (1,269 x 23 m) and 5/23 measuring 2,998 x 75 ft (914 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending April 5, 2023, the airport had 29,050
general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 80 per day. At that time there were 40 aircraft based at the airport: 36 single-engine, and 4 multi-engine.
Accidents and incidents
*On July 15, 2018, two people were killed when a
homebuilt
Homebuilt machines are machines built outside of specialised workshops or factories. This can include different things such as kit cars or homebuilt computers, but normally it pertains to homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft or ...
Kolb Twinstar III crashed into a pipeline easement 300 yards from the end of the runway.
See also
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List of airports in Texas
This list of airports in Texas (a U.S. state) is 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 were p ...
References
External links
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Texas DOT web site
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Airports in Harris County, Texas
Galveston Bay Area
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