Garnett Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located two nautical miles (4 km) east of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Garnett

Garnett, Kansas

Garnett is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,415.-Geography:Garnett is located at...

, a city in Anderson County

Anderson County, Kansas

Anderson County is a county located in East Central Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 8,102...

, Kansas

Kansas

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, United States

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Garnett Municipal Airport covers an area of 154 acres (62.3 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 989 feet (301 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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 designated 1/19 which measures 2,660 by 45 feet (811 x 14 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 24, 2008, the airport had 11,060 aircraft operations, an average of 30 per day: 99% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 1% military

Military aviation

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. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 20% multi-engine.

External links

• Aerial photo as of 16 October 1991 from USGS The National Map