Willmar Municipal Airport

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Willmar Municipal Airport

John L. Rice Field
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The site of the former airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Willmar
Serves Willmar, Minnesota
Elevation  AMSL 1,126 ft / 343 m
Coordinates 45°07′04″N095°07′50″W / 45.11778°N 95.13056°W / 45.11778; -95.13056 Coordinates: 45°07′04″N095°07′50″W / 45.11778°N 95.13056°W / 45.11778; -95.13056
Map
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BDH
Location of airport in Minnesota / United States
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BDH
BDH (the United States)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
13/315,5001,676 Asphalt
3/213,000914 Turf

Willmar Municipal Airport( IATA : ILL, ICAO : KBDH, FAA LID : BDH), also known as John L. Rice Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located west of the central business district of Willmar, a city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. [1] The airport opened in 2006 and is located two miles west of a closed airport which operated under the same name ( IATA : ILL, ICAO : KILL, FAA LID : ILL). [2]

Contents

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Willmar Municipal Airport is assigned BDH by the FAA and ILL by IATA; [3] BDH is used by the IATA for Bandar Lengeh Airport in Bandar Lengeh, Iran. [4]

Facilities and aircraft

Willmar Municipal Airport has two runways: 13/31 with a 5,500 x 100 ft. (1,676 x 30 m) asphalt pavement and 3/21 with a 3,000 x 250 ft. (914 x 76 m) turf surface.

Earlier airport

The first Willmar Municipal Airport was established in 1934 as a federal work relief project of the National Youth Administration during the New Deal. [5]

Historical Scheduled Service

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 FAA Airport Form 5010 for BDH PDF . Retrieved December 12, 2007
  2. ↑ "New Airport Information". City of Willmar, Minnesota. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  3. ↑ "KBDH - Willmar [Muni-John L Rice Field], MN, US - Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  4. ↑ "BDH - Bandar Lengeh, 23, IR - Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  5. ↑ Peterson, Bruce D. (September 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Willmar Municipal Airport" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ "Watertown Airways". Airline Timetable Images. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  7. ↑ "MVA - Mississippi Valley Airlines". Airline Timetable Images. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
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