A.J. Eisenberg 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...

 located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Oak Harbor

Oak Harbor, Washington

Oak Harbor is a city located on Whidbey Island in Island County, Washington. The population was 22,075 at the 2010 census.Oak Harbor was incorporated on May 14, 1915.-History:Oak Harbor is Whidbey Island's largest incorporated city...

, a city in Island County, Washington

Island County, Washington

Island County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. In 2010 census, its population was 78,506. Its county seat is Coupeville, while its largest city is Oak Harbor....

, United States

United States

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. It is privately owned by A.J. Eisenberg Airport LLC. It was formerly known as Wes Lupien Airport and owned by Air International LLC. The airport previously had scheduled passenger service provided by Kenmore Air

Kenmore Air

Kenmore Air Harbor, Inc., doing business as Kenmore Air, is an American airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Kenmore Air Harbor in Kenmore, Washington, USA, north of Seattle...

, which ceased operations to Oak Harbor on December 31, 2008.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier

Location identifier

A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...

 for the FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

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 and IATA

International Air Transport Association

The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...

, this airport is assigned OKH by the FAA and ODW by the IATA (which assigned OKH to RAF Cottesmore

RAF Cottesmore

RAF Cottesmore was a Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated between Cottesmore and Market Overton. The station housed all the operational Harrier GR9 squadrons in the Royal Air Force, and No 122 Expeditionary Air Wing...

 in Oakham

Oakham

-Oakham's horseshoes:Traditionally, members of royalty and peers of the realm who visited or passed through the town had to pay a forfeit in the form of a horseshoe...

, Rutland

Rutland

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, England

England

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).

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 54 acres (21.9 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 193 feet (59 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 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,265 by 25 feet (995 x 8 m).

As of July 20, 2009 A J Eisenberg Airport of Oak Harbor, WA is selling 100LL avfuel and 92 octane ethanol-free motor gas.

For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2009, the airport had 16,224 aircraft operations, an average of 44 per day: 99% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 1% air taxi

Air taxi

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. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 87.5% single-engine

Aircraft engine

An aircraft engine is the component of the propulsion system for an aircraft that generates mechanical power. Aircraft engines are almost always either lightweight piston engines or gas turbines...

 and 12.5% multi-engine.

External links

• A.J. Eisenberg Airport, official site from Washington State DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial photo as of 10 July 1990 from USGS The National Map