Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport

Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport
USGS 2006 orthophoto
IATA: GRK ICAO: KGRK FAA LID: GRK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Fort Hood / Killeen, Texas
Elevation AMSL	1,015 ft / 309 m
Coordinates	31°04′02″N 097°49′44″W / 31.06722°N 97.82889°W / 31.06722; -97.82889Coordinates: 31°04′02″N 097°49′44″W / 31.06722°N 97.82889°W / 31.06722; -97.82889
Website	www.FlyKilleen.net
Map
GRK Location of airport in Texas
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 10,000 3,048 PEM
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 12,208
Sources: Airport website and FAA

Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport (IATA: GRK, ICAO: KGRK, FAA LID: GRK) is a small military/commercial joint-use airport that operates alongside Robert Gray Army Airfield. The airport is based inside the south end of the Fort Hood Military Reservation (known as West Fort Hood), six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) southwest of the central business district of Killeen, Texas, in unincorporated Bell County. The commercial side replaced the old Killeen Municipal Airport (now Skylark Field), which was unable to expand.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 232,299 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 231,500 enplanements in 2009, and 243,861 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).

The airport has one runway designated 15/33 with a PEM (Porous European Mix) surface measuring 10,000 by 200 feet (3,048 x 61 m). For the 12-month period ending April 10, 2010, the airport had 12,208 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 98.5% scheduled commercial and 1.5% general aviation (military aircraft operations were not included). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2015, the airport had 16,318 aircraft operations consisting of 55.9% scheduled commercial, 43.7% military, and 0.37% general aviation.