Collegedale Municipal Airport
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Coordinates | 35°02′35″N 085°01′19″W / 35.04306°N 85.02194°W | ||||||||||
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Collegedale Municipal Airport (ICAO: KFGU, FAA LID: FGU, formerly 3M3) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of the Collegedale, a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States.[1]
Collegedale Municipal is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the state of Tennessee with an average of 120 aircraft stationed there. It won the Tennessee Aeronautics Commission's "Airport of the Year" award in 2003. The airport does not provide scheduled commercial service. However, charter service is provided by Aviation Specialists, Inc., a private company located at the airport, that offers flight instruction and a banner towing operation.
This airport is assigned a three-letter
History
Begun as a flying club in 1965 by pilot and mechanic John Linn and Ellsworth McKee—son of the founders of the
Facilities and aircraft
Collegedale Municipal Airport covers an area of 145
For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2011, the airport had 14,500 aircraft operations, an average of 39 per day: 97%
The airport offers rental and maintenance services and is open every day from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m, except for Thanks Giving, Christmas, a half day on Christmas Eve, and New Years Day.
Nearby airports with
- CHA – Lovell Field 9 nautical miles (17 kilometres) W
- HDI – Hardwick Field 14 nautical miles (26 kilometres) NE
- DNN – Dalton Municipal Airport 21 nautical miles (39 kilometres) S
- 9A5 – Barwick-LaFayette Airport25 nautical miles (46 kilometres) SW
- 2A0 – Mark Anton Airport 27 nautical miles (50 kilometres) N
See also
References
- ^ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "Collegedale Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KFGU, FAA: FGU)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "Collegedale Municipal Airport: Brief History". City of Collegedale, Tennessee. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007.
- AirNav.com. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
External links
- Collegedale Municipal Airport page at City of Collegedale website
- Collegedale Municipal Airport page at Tennessee DOTAirport Directory
- Aerial image as of March 1997 from MSR Maps
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for FGU
- AirNav airport information for FGU
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for FGU