Hadley Airport

Hadley Airport
IATA: noneICAO: noneFAA LID: NV83
Summary
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 / 38.69417°N 117.14667°W / 38.69417; -117.14667Coordinates: 38°41′39″N 117°08′48″W / 38.69417°N 117.14667°W / 38.69417; -117.14667
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 6,776 2,065 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 2,000

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]

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. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for A36 (Form 5010 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.

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