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Broadus Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPowder River County
ServesBroadus, Montana
Elevation AMSL3,280 ft / 1,000 m
Coordinates45°28′14″N 105°27′26″W / 45.47056°N 105.45722°W / 45.47056; -105.45722
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 4,400 1,341 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations5,350

Broadus Airport (FAA LID: 00F) is a county-owned, public-use airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Broadus, a town in Powder River County, Montana, United States.[1] This new airport was built at a cost of $2 million to replace the old Broadus Airport which is now closed.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Broadus Airport covers an area of 160 acres (65 ha) and had one runway designated 10/28 with a 4,400 by 75 ft (1,341 x 23 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending July 11, 2006, the airport had 5,350 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi.[1]

Old airport

The old Broadus Airport (IATA: BDX, ICAO: KBDX, FAA LID: BDX) was located at coordinates 45°25′59″N 105°25′01″W / 45.43306°N 105.41694°W / 45.43306; -105.41694. It covered an area of 32 acres (13 ha) at an altitude of 3,034 feet (925 m) above mean sea level. The airport had one asphalt paved runway (11/29) measuring 3,150 by 50 ft (960 x 15 m).[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 00F PDF, effective 2007-12-20
  2. ^ "Broadus Airport New & Improved" (PDF). Montana and the Sky. MDT Aeronatics Division. January 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-16. The new $2 million Broadus airport is now open for business. The old airport has been closed and the new airport is located approximately 2 miles northwest of town, north of Hwy 212, along US 59.
  3. ^ Former FAA master record for Broadus Airport (BDX), retrieved on 2006-06-06.