Ruston Regional Airport is a public use airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 in Lincoln Parish

Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

Lincoln Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Ruston. In 2004, its population was estimated to be 42,382...

, Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the City of Ruston

Ruston, Louisiana

Ruston is a city in and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,546 at the 2000 census. Ruston is near the eastern border of the Ark-La-Tex and is the home of Louisiana Tech University. Its economy caters to its college population...

 and is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of its central business district

Central business district

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Opening in 1995, the facility also serves the Louisiana Tech University

Louisiana Tech University

Louisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...

's Department of Professional Aviation.

Facilities and aircraft

Ruston Regional Airport covers an area of 238 acres (96.3 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 311 feet (95 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending April 17, 2009, the airport had 86,000 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 235 per day. At that time there were 32 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 6% multi-engine, 9% jet

Jet aircraft

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 and 3% helicopter

Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...

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External links

• Aerial photo as of 1 January 1998 from USGS The National Map via MSR Maps