Red Lodge Airport (ICAO: KRED, FAA LID: RED) 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.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation airport.[2]

Red Lodge Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Red Lodge & Carbon County
ServesRed Lodge, Montana
Elevation AMSL5,763 ft / 1,757 m
Coordinates45°11′10″N 109°15′28″W / 45.18611°N 109.25778°W / 45.18611; -109.25778
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations8,050
Based aircraft14

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 edit

Red Lodge Airport covers an area of 212 acres (86 ha) 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).[1]

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.[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for RED PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
  2. ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 3 (PDF, 1.28 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Red Lodge, Montana - Red Lodge Airport (ICAO: KRED, FAA: RED)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Reedsville, Pennsylvania - Mifflin County Airport (IATA: RED, ICAO: KRVL, FAA: RVL)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 18 May 2010.

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