Craig Municipal Airport

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Coordinates: 30°20′11″N 081°30′52″W / 30.33639, -81.51444

Craig Municipal Airport
IATA: CRG – ICAO: KCRG – FAA: CRG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Jacksonville Aviation Authority
Serves		Jacksonville, Florida
Elevation AMSL		41 ft / 12 m
Website		jaa.aero/AirSys/Craig.aspx
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
5/23	4,004	1,220	Asphalt
14/32	3,998	1,219	Asphalt
Statistics (1999)
Aircraft operations			158,769
Based aircraft			319
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Craig Municipal Airport (IATA: CRG, ICAO: KCRG, FAA LID: CRG) is a public airport located eight miles (13 km) east of the central business district of Jacksonville, in Duval County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the Jacksonville Airport Authority.^[1]

This mid-sized general aviation airport handles personal aircraft and small commuter planes. The entrance is located along St. Johns Bluff Road north of Atlantic Boulevard, although it also borders Atlantic Blvd. to the south. The airport has a control tower and handles 400-500 aircraft operations daily.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Craig Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,342 acres (543 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 measuring 4,004 x 100 ft. (1,220 x 30 m) and 14/32 measuring 3,998 x 100 ft. (1,219 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 20, 1999, the airport had 158,769 aircraft operations, an average of 434 per day: 86% general aviation, 9% military and 5% air taxi. There are 319 aircraft based at this airport: 57% single-engine, 27% multi-engine, 7% helicopter, 6% military and 4% jet (12).^[1]