Cook County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located one nautical mile (2 km) west of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Adel

Adel, Georgia

Adel is a city in Cook County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 5,344. The city is the county seat of Cook County. The original name of the city was Puddleville. The city's first postmaster, Joel "Uncle Jack" Parrish, wanted to change the name of the city...

, a city in Cook County

Cook County, Georgia

Cook County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed July 30, 1918, and ratified November 5, 1918. As of 2010, the population is 17,212. The county seat is Adel...

, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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, United States

United States

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Cook County Airport covers an area of 368 acres (148.9 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 236 feet (72 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

s: 5/23 is 4,001 by 100 feet (1,220 x 30 m); 15/33 is 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 8,000 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day, all of which were general aviation

General aviation

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. At that time there were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 6% multi-engine and 3% ultralight.

External links

• Cook County Airport page at Georgia DOT Aviation web site