Springfield Robertson County Airport is a public use
airport
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located three
nautical mile
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s (6
km) northwest of the
central business district
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of
Springfield, a city in
Robertson County, Tennessee
Robertson County is a county located on the central northern border of Tennessee in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 72,803 people. Its county seat is Springfield. The county was named for James Roberts ...
, United States.
It is owned by the Springfield/Robertson Airport Board.
This airport is included in the
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
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It identifies existing and proposed airports tha ...
for 2011–2015, which
categorized
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it as a ''
general aviation
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'' facility.
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Facilities and aircraft
Springfield Robertson County Airport covers an area of 148
acre
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s (60
ha) at an
elevation
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of 706 feet (215 m) above
mean sea level
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For a data set, the '' ari ...
. It has one
runway
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designated 4/22 with an
asphalt
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surface measuring 5,505 by 100 feet (1,678 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2015, the airport had 14,300 aircraft operations, an average of 39 per day: 84%
general aviation
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, 13%
military
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, and 3%
air taxi
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In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) ...
. At that time there were 53 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-
engine
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Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ...
, 9% multi-engine, 4% helicopters, and 1% ultra-light.
References
External links
McCauley Aviation Inc. the
fixed-base operator
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(FBO)
Springfield-Robertson County (M91)at
Tennessee DOT Airport Directory
Aerial image as of March 1997from
USGS
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Airports in Tennessee
Buildings and structures in Robertson County, Tennessee
Transportation in Robertson County, Tennessee