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]

Hadley Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerU.S. Bureau of Land Management
LocationRound Mountain, Nevada
Elevation AMSL5,744 ft / 1,751 m
Coordinates38°41′39″N 117°08′48″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 6,776 2,065 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations2,000

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

  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for A36 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 5, 2007.
  2. 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)


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