KLUD - Decatur Municipal Airport
Decatur, United States

KLUD - Decatur Municipal Airport

Decatur, United States

Decatur Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLUD, FAA LID: LUD) is a city-owned public airport two miles (3.7 km) north of Decatur, in Wise County, Texas.Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Decatur Municipal Airport is assigned LUD by the FAA and has no IATA designation (IATA assigned LUD to Lüderitz Airport in Namibia). == Facilities and aircraft == Decatur Municipal Airport covers 205 acres (83 ha) at an elevation of 1,047 feet (319 m) above mean sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,200 by 60 feet (1,280 x 18 m) asphalt.In the year ending September 19, 2022, the airport had 36,500 general aviation operations, average 100 per day.

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Random Airports

This app shows satellite views of random airports. Its aim is to introduce you to the variety of airport structures embedded into the landscape.

Usage

Technologies and Data Sources

This app is based on the Google Maps API, which on the one hand provides a powerful programming interface for web-based mapping applications, and on the other hand opens access to high quality satellite imagery for places all over the world.

The backend is realized in Python with the help of the excellent Flask micro framework.

The locations of airports have been imported from the public domain data provided by the aviation enthusiasts at OurAirports.com. The app displays randomly selected airports of the categories 'large_airport','medium_airport' and 'small_airport' for which runway coordinates are available.

Furthermore, the user interface incorporates icons from Font Awesome and fonts from Google Fonts.

Author

This is brought to you by me, Florian Pigorsch. Feel free to contact me via mail. The source code of this app can be found at Github.

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Random Airports

This app shows satellite views of random airports. Its aim is to introduce you to the variety of airport structures embedded into the landscape.