The Ephrata Municipal Airport is a civil airport that serves the city of Ephrata which itself is a part of the Grant County in Washington, USA. The airport roughly lies at a distance of 3 kilometers to the southeast of the central business district (CBD) of Ephrata.
The significant features of the Ephrata Municipal Airport in Washington, USA can be listed as follows:
The airport is 2,300 acres in extent.
Ephrata Municipal Airport has been coded as KEPH by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and as EPH by International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The airport has two runways, one of which measures 6700 feet in length. The runways are also paved with asphalt.
The airport has an officially published instrument approach (known as Instrument Flight Rules or IFR) procedure at the airport. This suggests that Ephrata Municipal Airport is safe for flights to take-off from or land even during bad weather or inadequate light.
According to the statistics presented in December, 2005, the airport operated as many as 370 flights on an average in a day. Of these, 72 percent consisted of local general flights, and the remaining 28 percent consisted of transient general flights.
Out of a total of 76 aircrafts based at the Ephrata Municipal Airport, 24 comprise single engine airplanes, and 2 multi-engine airplanes. The airport also boasts of having 50 glider airplanes.
Besides, the Airport in Victorville also connects several other airports that are located in the neighboring areas. These airports along with their respective codes and distances (in nautical miles) are as follows:
- Grant County International Airport (KMWH) - 10
- Pangborn Memorial Airport (KEAT) - 29
- Bowers Field Airport (KELN) - 45
- Richland Airport (KRLD) - 61
- Yakima Air Terminal/McAllister Field (KYKM) – 61
In addition to this, there are 2 hotels in Ephrata and 8 in Moses Lake, which, besides being located close to the Airport in Ephrata, provide optimum facilities and services to their guests.
www.flightshotelstours.com provides detailed, online information on Ephrata Municipal Airport, as well as on Flights to Ephrata and Flights to Washington.
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