Glendale Municipal Airport
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Glendale Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport
Airport
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 located six miles (10 km) west of the central business district
Central business district
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 of Glendale
Glendale, Arizona
Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, located about nine miles northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city is 226,721....

, a city in Maricopa County
Maricopa County, Arizona
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*73.0% White*5.0% Black*2.1% Native American*3.5% Asian*0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.5% Two or more races*12.7% Other races*29.6% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

, Arizona
Arizona
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, United States
United States
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. According to the FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
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's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, it is categorized as a reliever airport.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier
Location identifier
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 for the FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
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 and IATA
International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...

, Glendale Municipal Airport is assigned GEU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Facilities

Glendale Municipal Airport covers an area of 720 acres (291.4 ha) which contains one asphalt
Asphalt
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 paved runway
Runway
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 (1/19) measuring 7,150 x 100 ft (2,179 x 30 m).

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