Clark Regional Airport , often referred to as the Clark County Airport, is a public airport

Airport

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 five miles (8 km) north of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Jeffersonville

Jeffersonville, Indiana

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, a city in Clark County

Clark County, Indiana

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, Indiana

Indiana

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, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the Clark County Board Aviation Commission. The airport, located in town of Sellersburg, Indiana

Sellersburg, Indiana

Sellersburg is a city located within Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana, United States. It had a population of 6,128 at time of the 2010 census...

, is also seven miles (11 km) north of Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

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.

Although most U.S. airports that are assigned an IATA identifier use the same three-letter location identifier

Location identifier

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 for the FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

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 and IATA

International Air Transport Association

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, Clark Regional Airport is assigned JVY by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA, because IATA only assignes identifiers to important airports.

History

Clark Regional Airport has been in operation since 1981. It has lost money every year since 2003, when for the first time it was not helped with property taxes. Its 2006 deficit was $50,000.

Facilities and aircraft

Clark Regional Airport covers an area of 420 acres (170 ha) and stands 474 ft (144.5 m). above sea level

Sea level

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. It contains two asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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s: 18/36 measuring 5,500 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m) and 14/32 which measures 3,899 x 75 ft (1,188 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending September 8, 2006, the airport had 96,413 aircraft operations, an average of 264 per day: 88% general aviation

General aviation

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, 12% air taxi

Air taxi

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 and <1% military. There are 146 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 8% helicopter

Helicopter

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 and 5% jet.

External links

• Clark Regional Airport, official website
• Aerial photo from Indiana Department of Transportation
  Indiana Department of Transportation
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