Mesquite Metro Airport

Mesquite Metro Airport is a public use airport located in Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of the city of Mesquite. The airport is located west of the border of Dallas County and Kaufman County.The airport was built with private funding in 1975. In 1983, the city of Mesquite purchased the airport using grant money from the FAA. In 1992, the runway underwent a refurbishment and was lengthened by 1,000 feet.Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned HQZ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.Facilities and aircraftMesquite Metro Airport covers an area of 399acre at an elevation of 447 feet (136 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with a concrete surface measuring 5,999 by 100 feet (1,828 x 30 m).For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2004, the airport had 100,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 273 per day. At that time there were 212 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 2% helicopter and 1% jet.