Portland Municipal Airport (Indiana)

Portland Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KPLD FAA LID: PLD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Portland
Serves	Portland, Indiana
Elevation AMSL	925 ft / 282 m
Coordinates	40°27′06″N 084°59′20″W
Map
PLD Location of airport in Indiana Show map of Indiana PLD PLD (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 4,002 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 7,737 Based aircraft 22
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Portland Municipal Airport (ICAO: KPLD, FAA LID: PLD) is a city-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northwest of the central business district of Portland, a city in Jay County, Indiana, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PLD by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned PLD to Playa Samara, Costa Rica).[4][5]

Facilities and aircraft

Portland Municipal Airport covers an area of 45 acres (18 ha) at an elevation of 925 feet (282 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,002 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2009, the airport had 7,737 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day: 80% general aviation, 19% military, and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 54.5% multi-engine and 45.5% single-engine.[1]

See also

• List of airports in Indiana

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for PLD PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
2. "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27.
3. "Portland Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KPLD, FAA: PLD)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
4. "IATA Airport Code Search (PLD: Playa Samara)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
5. "Playa Samara Airport, Costa Rica (IATA: PLD)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved June 7, 2013.

External links

• Aerial photo from Indiana DOT at the Wayback Machine (archived August 15, 2010)
• Aerial image as of March 1998 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for PLD, effective January 23, 2025
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for PLD
  • AirNav airport information for KPLD
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KPLD