Decatur Municipal Airport

Airport

LUD

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	4,200	1,280	Asphalt

Statistics (2022)

Aircraft operations (year ending 9/19/2022)	36,500
Based aircraft	41

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Decatur Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLUD, FAA LID: LUD) is a city-owned public airport two miles (3.7 km) north of Decatur, in Wise County, Texas.^[1]

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Decatur Municipal Airport is assigned LUD by the FAA and has no IATA designation^[2] (IATA assigned LUD to Lüderitz Airport in Namibia^[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Decatur Municipal Airport covers 205 acres (83 ha) at an elevation of 1,047 feet (319 m) above mean sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,200 by 60 feet (1,280 x 18 m) asphalt.^[1]

In the year ending September 19, 2022, the airport had 36,500 general aviation operations, average 100 per day. 41 aircraft were then based at this airport: 28 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, 8 helicopters, and 2 glider.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for LUD PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 10 August 2023.
^ "Decatur Municipal Airport, Texas (IATA: none, ICAO: KLUD, FAA: LUD)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
^ "Luderitz Airport, Namibia (IATA: LUD, ICAO: FYLZ)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 March 2010.

External links

"Decatur Municipal (LUD)" (PDF). at Texas DOT Airport Directory
Aerial image as of February 1995 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for LUD, effective May 16, 2024

Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for LUD
- AirNav airport information for KLUD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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