Georgetown Municipal Airport

Georgetown Executive Airport is in Williamson County, Texas, three miles north of Georgetown.^[1] The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027 categorized it as a reliever airport.^[2]

Georgetown Executive Airport
IATA: QTG 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
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 4,100 1,250 Asphalt 18/36 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations 120,900 Based aircraft 320
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 the IATA code QTG.^[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 December 31st, 2021, the airport had 120,900 aircraft operations, average 350 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. 320 aircraft were then based at the airport: 77% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 8% jet, 6% 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.

See also

• Aviation portal

• List of airports in Texas