Dawson Community Airport

Dawson Community Airport
IATA: GDV – ICAO: KGDV – FAA LID: GDV
GDV
Location of the Montana
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Dawson County
Serves Glendive, Montana
Elevation AMSL 2,458 ft / 749 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 5,704 1,739 Asphalt
2/20 3,000 914 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 5,815
Based aircraft 17
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Dawson Community Airport (IATA: GDV, ICAO: KGDV, FAA LID: GDV) is a county-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of the central business district of Glendive, a city in Dawson County, Montana, United States.[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2] It is also designated to receive commercial service subsidized by the federal Essential Air Service (EAS) program.

Scheduled air service at Glendive ended on March 8, 2008, when Big Sky Airlines (the designated EAS operator) ceased operation. Great Lakes Airlines has been given USDOT approval to take over EAS service between Glendive and Billings, Montana.[3]

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Facilities and aircraft

Dawson Community Airport covers an area of 413 acres (167 ha) at an elevation of 2,458 feet (749 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 is 5,704 by 100 feet (1,739 x 30 m) and 2/20 is 3,000 by 60 feet (914 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2007, the airport had 5,815 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 55% general aviation, 45% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 100% single-engine.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Gulfstream International Airlines Billings, Miles City [4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for GDV (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  2. ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 3 (PDF, 1.28 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Great Lakes prepares for Montana routes". Sidney Herald. December 30, 2007. http://www.sidneyherald.com/articles/2007/12/30/news/news01.txt. Retrieved February 3, 2008. 
  4. ^ "Time Table". Great Lakes Airlines. 20 August 2010. http://www.flygreatlakes.com/time_table/doc_files/time_table.pdf. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 

External links

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