Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 3,616 ft / 1,102 m 4,021 1,226 Elevation 1,102 m Owner City of Littlefield | Serves Littlefield, Texas 1/19 4,021 1,226 Asphalt Code LIU | |
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Littlefield Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLIU, FAA LID: LIU) is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Littlefield, a city in Lamb County, Texas, United States.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LIU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
Facilities and aircraft
Littlefield Municipal Airport covers an area of 226 acres (91 ha) at an elevation of 3,616 feet (1,102 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 is 4,021 by 60 feet (1,226 x 18 m) and 13/31 is 2,513 by 40 feet (766 x 12 m).
For the 12-month period ending June 24, 2009, the airport had 7,025 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 99.6% general aviation and 0.4% military. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 50% single-engine, 4% jet, 42% glider and 4% ultralight.