De Leon Municipal Airport
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De Leon Municipal Airport was a public use airport
Airport
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 located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southeast of the central business district
Central business district
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 of De Leon
De Leon, Texas
De Leon is a city located in Comanche County in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 2,433 at the time of the 2000 census.The town was laid out in April 1881 by surveying crews of the Texas Central Railway as it constructed a line from Ross, just north of Waco, to an undecided destination in...

, a city in Comanche County
Comanche County, Texas
Comanche County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas. In 2000, its population was 14,026. Comanche was founded in 1856. Comanche is named for the Comanche Native American tribe...

, Texas
Texas
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, United States
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.

The airport is closed and was removed from FAA records between May and July of 2009.

Facilities and aircraft

De Leon Municipal Airport covered an area of 28 acres (11.3 ha) at an elevation
Elevation
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 of 1,293 feet (394 m) above mean sea level. It had one 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...

 designated 15/33 which measures 2,400 by 20 feet (732 x 6 m). For the 12-month period ending July 5, 1996, the airport had 300 general aviation
General aviation
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aircraft operations, an average of 25 per month.
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