La Junta Municipal Airport

This article is about the airport in Colorado, U.S.. For the airport in Aysén Region, Chile, see La Junta Airport.
La Junta Municipal Airport

(former La Junta Army Air Field)
USGS 2006 orthophoto
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of La Junta
ServesLa Junta, Colorado
LocationOtero County, Colorado
Elevation AMSL4,229 ft / 1,289 m
Coordinates38°03′00″N 103°30′35″W / 38.05000°N 103.50972°W / 38.05000; -103.50972
Map
LHX is located in Colorado
LHX
LHX
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 6,849 2,088 Asphalt
12/30 5,803 1,769 Asphalt/concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 145 44 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations6,900
Based aircraft15

La Junta Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLHX, FAA LID: LHX) is three miles north of La Junta, in Otero County, Colorado, United States.[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is LHX to the FAA[1] and has no IATA code.[3][4]

La Junta Municipal Airport in April 2008 from an altitude of 9500ft MSL
Former La Junta AAF's Arlingtion Auxiliary Airfield#4: view from the SW corner of the triangular runway looking WNW, 2006
Arlington Auxiliary Airfield#4: E/W runway looking west, 2006. Notice runway asphalt and vegetation changes along runway.
  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for LHX PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  3. ^ "La Junta Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KLHX, FAA: LHX)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  4. ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (LHX)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 22, 2013.