Huntington_Municipal_Airport_(Utah)

Huntington Municipal Airport (Utah)

Huntington Municipal Airport (Utah)

Airport in Utah, US

For the airport in Indiana, see Huntington Municipal Airport (Indiana).

Huntington Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 69V) is a county-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (3.5 mi, 5.6 km) northeast of the central business district of Huntington, a town in Emery County, Utah, United States.[1]

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Facilities and aircraft

Huntington Municipal Airport covers an area of 333 acres (135 ha) at an elevation of 5,915 feet (1,803 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways: 8/26 (formerly 7/25[2]) is 4,048 by 75 feet (1,234 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface; 12/30 is 3,640 by 70 feet (1,109 x 21 m) with a dirt surface; 18/36 is 2,079 by 56 feet (634 x 17 m) with a dirt surface.

For the 12-month period ending September 29, 2023, the airport had 1,860 aircraft operations, an average of 36 per week: 100% general aviation, and <1% air taxi.[1]

Character

This airport serves as a backcountry airport gateway; it offers camping and showers for flyers who start or end their backcountry trips there.[3] The airport has also been used considerably for emergency and state law enforcement flights.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    FAA Airport Form 5010 for 69V PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective November 30, 2023.
  2. [2]
    Aerial image. USGS The National Map. 19 September 1998.
  3. [3]
    Jviation. Aviation Development Strategy: Huntington Municipal Airport (69V), Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT): Division of Aeronautics.
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