Choteau Airport Explained

Choteau Airport
Icao:KCII
Faa:CII
Type:Public
Owner:Choteau City and Teton County
City-Served:Choteau, Montana
Elevation-F:3,947
Elevation-M:1,203
Coordinates:47.8283°N -112.1683°W
R1-Number:5/23
R1-Length-F:3,700
R1-Length-M:1,128
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:14/32
R2-Length-F:5,000
R2-Length-M:1,524
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2011
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:3,100
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:12
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Choteau Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Choteau, a city in Teton County, Montana, United States. The airport is owned by the city and county. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned CII by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Choteau Airport covers an area of 495 acres (200 ha) at an elevation of 3,947 feet (1,203 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 is 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m) and 5/23 is 3,700 by 60 feet (1,128 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 22, 2011, the airport had 3,100 aircraft operations, an average of 258 per month: 87% general aviation, 10% air taxi, and 3% military. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine, and 8% ultralight.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB) . [National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems] . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . 2012-09-27 .
  3. Web site: Choteau Airport (FAA: CII, ICAO: KCII) . Great Circle Mapper . June 3, 2012.

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