Pompano Beach Airpark

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Pompano Beach Airpark
IATA: PPM – ICAO: KPMP – FAA: PMP
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Pompano Beach
Location		Pompano Beach, Florida
Elevation AMSL		19 ft / 6 m
Coordinates		26°14′50″N, 080°06′40″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
6/24	4,001	1,220	Asphalt
10/28	3,502	1,067	Asphalt
15/33	4,418	1,347	Asphalt
Statistics (1999)
Aircraft operations			169,722
Based aircraft			158
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Pompano Beach Airpark (IATA: PPM, ICAO: KPMP, FAA LID: PMP) is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) northeast of the central business district of Pompano Beach, in Broward County, Florida, United States. This airport is publicly owned by City of Pompano Beach.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Cecil Field is assigned PMP by the FAA and PPM by the IATA (which assigned PMP to Pimaga, Papua New Guinea). The airport's ICAO identifier is KPMP. ^[2] ^[3]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Pompano Beach Airpark covers an area of 935 acres (3.78 km²) which contains three runways^[1]:

Runway 6/24: 4,001 x 150 ft. (1,220 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 10/28: 3,502 x 100 ft. (1,067 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 15/33: 4,418 x 150 ft. (1,347 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

For 12-month period ending 07/15/1999 the airport had 169,722 aircraft operations, an average of 464 per day: 99% general aviation (169,506), <1% air taxi (136) and <1% military (80). There are 158 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single engine (125), 8% multi engine (12), 3% jet aircraft (4) and 11% helicopters (17).^[1]