Hadley Airport
Hadley Airport (FAA LID: NV83) is a public use airport owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of the central business district of Round Mountain, a town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.[1]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | U.S. Bureau of Land Management | ||||||||||
| Location | Round Mountain, Nevada | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,744 ft / 1,751 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°41′39″N 117°08′48″W | ||||||||||
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History
In the 1930s, American World War I flying ace Kenneth R. Unger ran a flying school and air shows from the airport.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
Hadley Airport covers an area of 35 acres (14 ha). It contains one runway designated 17/35 which has an asphalt surface measuring 6,776 x 60 feet (2,065 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2005, the airport had 2,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 166 per month.[1]
References
- FAA Airport Form 5010 for A36 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 5, 2007.
- Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey (2001). American Aces of World War I. Osprey Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-84176-375-0.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
External links
- "Diagram of Hadley Airport (A36)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-29. from Nevada DOT
- Aerial image as of October 1999 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for NV83
- AirNav airport information for NV83
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for NV83
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