Litchfield Municipal Airport (Minnesota)

Litchfield Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KLJF – FAA LID: LJF
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Litchfield
Serves Litchfield, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL 1,140 ft / 347 m
Coordinates 45°05′50″N 094°30′26″W / 45.09722°N 94.50722°W / 45.09722; -94.50722
Map
LJF
LJF

Location of airport in Minnesota/United States

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 4,002 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 7,000
Based aircraft 30

Litchfield Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLJF, FAA LID: LJF) is a city owned public use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Litchfield, a city in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LJF by the FAA[2] but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Litchfield Municipal Airport covers an area of 378 acres (153 ha) at an elevation of 1,140 feet (347 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,002 by 100 feet (1,220 x 30 m).[2]

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2007, the airport had 7,000 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 86% general aviation and 14% air taxi. At that time there were 30 aircraft based at this airport: 27 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, 1 helicopter and 1 ultralight.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Litchfield Municipal Airport" (PDF). Airport Directory. Minnesota DOT. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for LJF (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
  3. ↑ "KLJF - Litchfield, Minnesota - Litchfield Municipal Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
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