La Porte Municipal Airport (Texas)
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29°40′09″N 095°03′51″W / 29.66917°N 95.06417°W
La Porte Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of La Porte | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | La Porte, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 25 ft / 8 m | ||||||||||||||
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  T41 Location of airport in Texas  T41 T41 (the United States) | |||||||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||||||
La Porte Municipal Airport (FAA LID: T41) is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of La Porte, a city in Harris County, Texas, United States.[1]
La Porte Municipal Airport covers an area of 300 acres (120 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 measuring 4,165 x 75 ft (1,269 x 23 m) and 5/23 measuring 2,998 x 75 ft (914 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 5, 2023, the airport had 29,050 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 80 per day. At that time there were 40 aircraft based at the airport: 36 single-engine, and 4 multi-engine.[1]
Accidents and incidents
- On July 15, 2018, two people were killed when a homebuilt Kolb Twinstar III[2] crashed into a pipeline easement 300 yards from the end of the runway.[3][4]
