Bullfrog Basin Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located 5 miles (8 km) north of the central business district

Central business district

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 of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is a recreation and conservation unit of the National Park Service that encompasses the area around Lake Powell and lower Cataract Canyon in Utah and Arizona, covering 1,254,429 acres of mostly desert...

, in Kane County

Kane County, Utah

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,046 people, 2,237 households, and 1,628 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile . There were 3,767 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile...

, Utah

Utah

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, United States

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. It is owned by the U.S. National Park Service.

The airport is located 5 miles (8 km) north of Bullfrog Marina

Bullfrog Marina

Bullfrog Marina is the second largest marina on Lake Powell. It is located from Hanksville, Utah and 95 lake miles from Glen Canyon Dam. It is also located across from Hall's Crossing Marina...

 and Lake Powell

Lake Powell

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. There are no aircraft assigned or stationed here; it is for transient aircraft and visitors to Lake Powell and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

Facilities and aircraft

Bullfrog Basin Airport covers an area of 42 acres (17 ha) and contains one runway

Runway

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 designated 1/19 with a 3,500 x 40 ft (1,067 x 12 m) asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 451 aircraft operations: 78% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 22% air taxi

Air taxi

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