Hill City Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Hill City

Hill City, Kansas

Hill City is a city in and the county seat of Graham County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,474.-History:...

, in Graham County

Graham County, Kansas

Graham County is a county located in northwest Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 2,597. Its county seat and most populous city is Hill City...

, Kansas

Kansas

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, United States

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Facilities and aircraft

Hill City Municipal Airport covers an area of 183 acres (74.1 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 2,238 feet (682 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 17/35 with a concrete

Concrete

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 surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending October 30, 2006, the airport had 14,600 aircraft operations, an average of 40 per day: 99% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 1% air taxi

Air taxi

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. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine

Aircraft engine

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External links

• Aerial photo as of 17 March 2002 from USGS The National Map