Dell Flight Strip

Dell Flight Strip
Dell Flight Strip
Dell Flight Strip- MT - 1 Aug 1995 - USGS.jpg
USGS aerial image, 1995
IATA: noneICAO: noneFAA LID: 4U9
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Montana DOT Aeronautics Division
Serves Dell, Montana
Elevation AMSL 6,007 ft / 1,831 m
Coordinates 44°44′09″N 112°43′12″W / 44.73583°N 112.72°W / 44.73583; -112.72
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 7,000 2,134 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 950
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Dell Flight Strip (FAA LID: 4U9) is a public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northwest of the central business district of Dell, in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. It is owned by the Montana Department of Transportation Aeronautics Division[1] and provides general aviation service.

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History

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Force about 1942 as an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights. It was closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration (WAA). [2] [3]

Facilities and aircraft

Dell Flight Strip covers an area of 147 acres (59 ha) at an elevation of 6,007 feet (1,831 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,000 by 70 feet (2,134 x 21 m). For the 12-month period ending September 25, 2009, the airport had 950 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 79 per month.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for 4U9 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  2. ^  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  3. ^ Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.

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