Ferndale Airfield

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Ferndale Airfield
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Flathead Municipal Airport Authority
Serves Bigfork, Montana
Elevation  AMSL 3,072 ft / 936 m
Coordinates 48°03′38″N114°00′04″W / 48.06056°N 114.00111°W / 48.06056; -114.00111 Coordinates: 48°03′38″N114°00′04″W / 48.06056°N 114.00111°W / 48.06056; -114.00111
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53U
Location of airport in Montana
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 3,500 1,067 Turf
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 10,700
Based aircraft 36

Ferndale Airfield( FAA LID : 53U) is a public use airport in Flathead County, Montana, United States. [1] It is owned by the Flathead Municipal Airport Authority and located three  nautical miles (6  km) northeast of the central business district of Bigfork, Montana. [1]

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Airport location where aircraft take off and land

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Facilities and aircraft

Ferndale Airfield covers an area of 35 acres (14 ha) at an elevation of 3,072 feet (936 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with a turf surface measuring 3,500 by 95 feet (1,067 x 29 m). [1]

Acre unit of area

The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one chain by one furlong, which is exactly equal to 10 square chains, ​1⁄640 of a square mile, or 43,560 square feet, and approximately 4,047 m2, or about 40% of a hectare. Based upon the International yard and pound agreement of 1959, an acre may be declared as exactly 4,046.8564224 square metres. The acre is a statute measure in the United States and was formerly one in the United Kingdom and almost all countries of the former British Empire, although informal use continues.

Hectare metric unit of area

The hectare is an SI accepted metric system unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides, or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is about 0.405 hectare and one hectare contains about 2.47 acres.

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For the 12-month period ending August 24, 2005, the airport had 10,700 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single-engine and 3% glider. [1]

General aviation civil use of aircraft excluding commercial transportation

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Air taxi on-demand commercial air transportation, particularly of smaller quantities of passenger or cargo by aeroplane or helicopter

An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft which makes short flights on demand.

Aircraft engine Engine designed for use in powered aircraft

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for 53U ( Form 5010 PDF ). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
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