Broadus Airport

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Broadus Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA: 00F
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Powder River County
Serves		Broadus, Montana
Elevation AMSL		3,280 ft / 1,000 m
Coordinates		45°28′14″N 105°27′26″W / 45.47056, -105.45722
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
10/28	4,400	1,341	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			5,350
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

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]

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Old airport
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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. 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]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Master Record for 00F (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
^ Broadus Airport New & Improved. Montana and the Sky. MDT Aeronatics Division (January 2006). Retrieved on 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.”
^ Former FAA master record for Broadus Airport (BDX), retrieved on 2006-06-06.