Robert Gray Army Airfield

Robert Gray Army Airfield

Robert Gray Air Force Base

(former Camp Hood Air Force Base)

(former Killeen Army Airfield)
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerU.S. Army ATCA-ASO
LocationFort Cavazos / Killeen, Texas
Elevation AMSL1,015 ft / 309 m
Coordinates31°04′02″N 097°49′44″W / 31.06722°N 97.82889°W / 31.06722; -97.82889
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GRK is located in Texas
GRK
GRK
Location of airport in Texas
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 10,000 3,048 PEM
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations12,208
Sources: Airport website[1] and FAA[2]

Robert Gray Army Airfield[1] (IATA: GRK, ICAO: KGRK, FAA LID: GRK) is a military joint-use airport that operates alongside Killeen Regional Airport.[2] The airport is based inside the south end of the Fort Hood Military Reservation (West Fort Hood), six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) southwest of the central business district of Killeen, Texas,[2] in unincorporated Bell County.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 232,299 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 231,500 enplanements in 2009, and 243,861 in 2010.[4] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[5]

  1. ^ a b Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport
  2. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for GRK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  3. ^ "Calendar Year 2008 Enplanements By State" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. December 17, 2009.
  4. ^ "Passenger Enplanements at all U.S. Airports (CY10)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 26, 2011.
  5. ^ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27.