Baytown Airport
Encyclopedia
Baytown Airport is a public-use airport
located 3 NM north of the central business district
of Baytown
, a city in Harris County
, Texas
, United States
. It is privately-owned by Raceco Inc.
designated 14/32 with a 4,334 x 60 ft (1,321 x 18.288 m) asphalt
surface. For the 12-month period ending October 2009, the airport had 9,490 general aviation
aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day. At that time there were 27 aircraft based at the airport, including one jet and two helicopters.
In 2009 Herman Life Flight
opened their new East Base on the airport property with one helicopter and crew accommodations.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located 3 NM north of the central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
of Baytown
Baytown, Texas
Baytown is a city within Harris County and partially in Chambers County in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. state of Texas. Located within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, it lies along both State Highway 146 and Interstate 10. As of 2010, Baytown had an population of 71,802...
, a city in Harris County
Harris County, Texas
As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 4,092,459, White Americans made up 56.6% of Harris County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 33.0% of the population. Black Americans made up 18.9% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.7% of Harris County's population...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is privately-owned by Raceco Inc.
Facilities and aircraft
Baytown Airport covers an area of 125 acres (50.6 ha) which contains one runwayRunway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 14/32 with a 4,334 x 60 ft (1,321 x 18.288 m) asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
surface. For the 12-month period ending October 2009, the airport had 9,490 general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day. At that time there were 27 aircraft based at the airport, including one jet and two helicopters.
In 2009 Herman Life Flight
Life Flight
Memorial Hermann Life Flight is an air medical transport service based in Houston, Texas. Life Flight flies into 12th floor of the John S. Dunn Heli-Stop atop Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. It was founded in 1976.-History:...
opened their new East Base on the airport property with one helicopter and crew accommodations.