Granite Falls Municipal Airport

Granite Falls Municipal Airport
Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KGDB – FAA LID: GDB
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Granite Falls
Serves Granite Falls, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL 1,047 ft / 319 m
Coordinates 44°45′12″N 095°33′22″W / 44.75333°N 95.55611°W / 44.75333; -95.55611
Website GraniteFalls.com/...
Map
GDB
GDB

Location of airport in Minnesota/United States

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 4,350 1,326 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 7,000
Based aircraft 15

Granite Falls Municipal Airport (ICAO: KGDB, FAA LID: GDB, formerly 1G2), also known as Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field, is a public-use airport in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States.[2] It is owned by the City of Granite Falls and located four nautical miles (7 km) south of its central business district.[2] The airport is situated near State Highway 23.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GDB by the FAA[2] but has no designation from the IATA[3]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 152 acres (62 ha) at an elevation of 1,047 feet (319 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,350 by 75 feet (1,326 x 23 m).[2]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2006, the airport had 7,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day. At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 11 single-engine, 2 multi-engine and 2 jet.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Granite Falls Municipal Airport (Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field)" (PDF). Airport Directory. Minnesota DOT. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 FAA Airport Master Record for GDB (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
  3. ↑ "KGDB - Granite Falls, Minnesota". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

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