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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
398 ft / 121 m

5,009
  
1,527

Address
  
Troy, AL 36079, USA

Elevation
  
121 m

Serves
  
Troy, Alabama

7/25
  
5,009

1,527
  
Asphalt

Code
  
TOI

Owner
  
City of Troy

Troy Municipal Airport

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Troy municipal airport ribbon cutting for expanded runway


Troy Municipal Airport (IATA: TOI, ICAO: KTOI, FAA LID: TOI) is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (4.6 mi, 7.4 km) northwest of the central business district of Troy, a city in Pike County, Alabama, United States. It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

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History

Activated on 11 January 1942 as Troy Auxiliary Airfield, a satellite airfield for the United States Army Air Forces Maxwell Field near Montgomery. Known as Maxwell AAF Aux No. 4 - Troy (aka Troy No. 5)

Also conducted basic flying training throughout the war. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned. Transferred as inactive to the US Army Corps of Engineers on 1 April 1946 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program.

The airfield was turned over to civil control though the War Assets Administration (WAA).

Facilities and aircraft

Troy Municipal Airport covers an area of 501 acres (203 ha) at an elevation of 398 feet (121 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt-paved runways: 14/32 measuring 5,022 by 100 feet (1,531 by 30 meters) and 7/25 measuring 5,009 by 100 feet (1,527 by 30 meters). The tower and radar facilities are run by U.S. Army air traffic controllers. The airport is dominated by student pilots flying TH-67 helicopters from Fort Rucker between the times of 800–1030L and 2:00–4:00PML.

For the 12-month period ending August 3, 2010, the airport had 69,088 aircraft operations, an average of 189 per day: 59% general aviation and 41% military. At that time there were 39 aircraft based at this airport: 74% single-engine, 18% multi-engine and 8% jet.

References

Troy Municipal Airport Wikipedia