Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport

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Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the central business district of Hopkinsville, a city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned HVC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.Facilities and aircraftHopkinsville-Christian County Airport covers an area of 180acre at an elevation of 564 feet (172 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 8/26 which measures 5,505 by 100 feet (1,678 x 30 m).For the 12-month period ending November 21, 2008, the airport had 25,800 aircraft operations, an average of 70 per day: 87% general aviation, 7% air taxi and 6% military. At that time there were 47 aircraft based at this airport: 98% single-engine and 2% multi-engine.