Beach Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located one mile (1.6 km) east-northeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Beach

Beach, North Dakota

As of the 2000 Census, there were 1,116 people, 470 households, and 292 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 570 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.66% White, 0.18% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.54% from other races, and...

, in Golden Valley County

Golden Valley County, North Dakota

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,924 people, 761 households, and 506 families residing in the county. The population density was 1.92 people per square mile . There were 973 housing units at an average density of 0.97 per square mile...

, North Dakota

North Dakota

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, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the Golden Valley County Airport Authority.

Facilities and aircraft

Beach Airport covers an area of 149 acres (60.3 ha) which contains one runway

Runway

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• Runway 12/30: 4,200 x 60 ft (1,280 x 18 m), Surface: Asphalt

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 1,670 aircraft operations: 96% general aviation

General aviation

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, 4% air taxi

Air taxi

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, and less than 1% military

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