Georgetown Municipal Airport is in Williamson County, Texas, three miles north of Georgetown.[1] The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011 categorized it as a reliever airport.[2]

Georgetown Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KGTU FAA LID: GTU
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Georgetown
Serves	Georgetown, Texas
Elevation AMSL	790 ft / 241 m
Coordinates	30°40′43.71″N 097°40′45.78″W
Map
GTU Show map of Texas GTU Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 4,100 1,250 Asphalt 18/36 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 127,700 Based aircraft 216
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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

Facilities

The airport covers 640 acres (260 ha) at an elevation of 790 feet (241 m). It has two asphalt runways: 11/29 is 4,100 by 75 feet (1,250 x 23 m) and 18/36 is 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).[1]

In the year ending February 27, 2008 the airport had 127,700 aircraft operations, average 350 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. 216 aircraft were then based at the airport: 84% single-engine, 12% multi-engine, 3% jet, 1% helicopters.[1]

Incidents

On February 18, 2010 Andrew Joseph Stack flew a Piper Cherokee from Georgetown Municipal Airport into the Internal Revenue Service building in Austin, Texas. This suicide attack killed one IRS employee and Stack himself.

References

External links

• Aerial photo as of 2 February 1995 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for GTU, effective June 16, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for GTU
  • AirNav airport information for GTU
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for GTU