| Bullfrog Basin Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | U.S. National Park Service | ||||||||||
| Serves | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,167 ft / 1,270 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°32′45″N110°42′48″W / 37.54583°N 110.71333°W | ||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] | |||||||||||
Bullfrog Basin Airport( IATA : BFG, FAA LID : U07) is a public airport located 5 miles (8 km) north of the central business district of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, in Kane County, Utah, United States. It is owned by the U.S. National Park Service. [1]
An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a governmental body of the United States with powers to regulate all aspects of civil aviation in that nation as well as over its surrounding international waters. Its powers include the construction and operation of airports, air traffic management, the certification of personnel and aircraft, and the protection of U.S. assets during the launch or re-entry of commercial space vehicles. Powers over neighboring international waters were delegated to the FAA by authority of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.
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The airport is located 5 miles (8 km) north of Bullfrog Marina and Lake Powell. There are no aircraft assigned or stationed here; it is for transient aircraft and visitors to Lake Powell and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Bullfrog Marina is the second largest marina on Lake Powell. It is located 70 miles (110 km) from Hanksville, Utah and 95 lake miles from Glen Canyon Dam. It is also located across from Hall's Crossing Marina. Lake Powell, and all of its points of interest, is managed by the National Park Service and available to the public for recreational purposes.
Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona, United States. Most of Lake Powell, along with Rainbow Bridge National Monument, is located in Utah. It is a major vacation spot that around two million people visit every year. It is the second largest man-made reservoir by maximum water capacity in the United States behind Lake Mead, storing 24,322,000 acre feet (3.0001×1010 m3) of water when full. However, due to high water withdrawals for human and agricultural consumption, and because of subsequent droughts in the area, Lake Mead has fallen below Lake Powell in size several times during the 21st century in terms of volume of water, depth and surface area.
