Heber City Municipal Airport

Airport
40°28′54″N 111°25′44″W / 40.48167°N 111.42889°W / 40.48167; -111.42889WebsiteRussMcDonaldFieldRunways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 6,899 2,103 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations28,302
Based aircraft96
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Heber City Municipal Airport (ICAO: KHCR, FAA LID: HCR), also known as Russ McDonald Field, is a city-owned, public-use airport located 1 mi (2 km) south of Heber City, in Wasatch County, Utah, United States,[1] east of Salt Lake City. The airport is untowered and was activated in November 1947.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Heber City Municipal Airport covers an area of 401 acres (162 ha) at an elevation of 5,637 feet (1,718 m). It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,899 by 75 feet with a PCN rating of 32/F/B/X/T .[1]

Since 1986 the airport has received over $17 million in federal grant funds for development and improvements from the FAA's Airport and Airway Trust Fund.[3]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 28,302 aircraft operations, an average of 77 per day: 94% general aviation, 5% air taxi, and less than 1% military. At that time there were 96 aircraft based at this airport: 69% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 6% jet, 3% helicopter, and 16% glider.[1]

The airport has been cited since 2016 by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association as an airfield that has egregious prices and fees.[4] AOPA has asked the city of Heber to increase business competition at the airport by allowing additional fixed-base operators at the airport.[3] However, the Heber City Council voted to revert to 2016 airport minimum standards and suspend consideration of a new FBO and self-service fuel until completion of a new airport master plan.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for KHCR PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Increasing competition at Heber City Airport (36U)" (PDF). Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "AOPA Helps Battle Egregious Pricing at Heber City FBO". Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "Master of Disguise, Utah Airport Hiding Behind Master Plan". Retrieved May 6, 2019.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heber City Municipal Airport.
  • Aerial image as of July 1997 from USGS The National Map
  • FAA Terminal Procedures for KHCR, effective June 13, 2024
  • Resources for this airport:
    • FAA airport information for KHCR
    • AirNav airport information for KHCR
    • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
    • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KHCR