Red Lodge Airport Explained

Red Lodge Airport
Icao:KRED
Faa:RED
Type:Public
Owner:City of Red Lodge & Carbon County
City-Served:Red Lodge, Montana
Elevation-F:5,763
Elevation-M:1,757
Coordinates:45.1861°N -109.2578°W
R1-Number:16/34
R1-Length-F:4,000
R1-Length-M:1,219
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2005
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:8,050
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:14
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Red Lodge Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northwest of the central business district of Red Lodge, a city in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is owned by the City of Red Lodge and Carbon County. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation airport.[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RED by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned RED to Mifflin County Airport in Reedsville, Pennsylvania[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Red Lodge Airport covers an area of 212acres at an elevation of 5,763 feet (1,757 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending September 20, 2005, the airport had 8,050 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine and 14% multi-engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
  3. Web site: Red Lodge, Montana - Red Lodge Airport (ICAO: KRED, FAA: RED) . Great Circle Mapper . 18 May 2010.
  4. Web site: Reedsville, Pennsylvania - Mifflin County Airport (IATA: RED, ICAO: KRVL, FAA: RVL) . Great Circle Mapper . 18 May 2010.

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