Hillsboro Municipal Airport (Texas)
Encyclopedia
Hillsboro Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport
located five nautical mile
s (9 km
) north of the central business district
of the City of Hillsboro
, in Hill County, Texas
, United States
.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier
for the FAA
and IATA
, this airport is assigned INJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned INJ to Injune, Queensland
, Australia
).
of 686 feet (209 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt
paved runway
designated 16/34 which measures 3,998 by 60 feet (1,219 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending August 7, 2008, the airport had 6,000 general aviation
aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day.
Airport
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located five nautical mile
Nautical mile
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s (9 km
Kilometre
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) 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 the City of Hillsboro
Hillsboro, Texas
Hillsboro is a city in and the county seat of Hill County in Central Texas. The population was 8,232 at the 2000 census.Hillsboro, located on Interstate 35 where I-35E and I-35W meet south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, is the primary center for trade and commerce in Hill County...
, in Hill County, 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
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.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier
Location identifier
A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...
for the FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
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and IATA
International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...
, this airport is assigned INJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned INJ to Injune, Queensland
Injune, Queensland
Injune is a small town in western Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Carnarvon Highway, north of the regional centre of Roma. A railway connected Injune with Roma from 1920 until 1966...
, Australia
Australia
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).
Facilities and aircraft
Hillsboro Municipal Airport covers an area of 130 acres (52.6 ha) at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 686 feet (209 m) above mean sea level. It has one 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...
paved runway
Runway
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 16/34 which measures 3,998 by 60 feet (1,219 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending August 7, 2008, the airport had 6,000 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 16 per day.
External links
- Hillsboro Municipal Airport at City of Hillsboro website
- Aerial photo as of 19 January 1995 from USGS The National Map