Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport

Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport
Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport
AMSL;	489 ft / 149 m
Coordinates	33°09′35″N 095°37′16″W / 33.15972°N 95.62111°W
Website	www.SLR.aero
Map
	SLR Location of airport in Texas
Runways
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	17,910
Based aircraft	74
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (IATA: SLR, ICAO: KSLR, FAA LID: SLR) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Sulphur Springs, a city in Hopkins County, Texas, United States.^[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.^[2] The airport is situated on the shores of Lake Sulphur Springs.^[3]

It was named Texas Airport of the Year for 2003 by the Texas Department of Transportation Aviation Division.^[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport covers an area of 197

mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with a concrete surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 7, 2009, the airport had 17,910 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 97%

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. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
^ "Sulphur Springs Lake (Sulphur River Basin) | Texas Water Development Board". www.twdb.texas.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
^ "Airport". City of Sulphur Springs. 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08.