Hooker Municipal Airport
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Hooker Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located zero miles west of the central business district
Central business district
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 of Hooker
Hooker, Oklahoma
Hooker is a city in Texas County, Oklahoma, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,918.-Geography:Hooker is located at...

, a city in Texas County
Texas County, Oklahoma
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, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
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, United States
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Hooker Municipal Airport covers an area of 60 acres which contains one 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 17/35 with a 3,312 x 60 ft (1,009 x 18 m) asphalt
Asphalt
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 surface. For the 12-month period ending September 23, 2010, the airport had 1,000 aircraft operations, an average of 83 per month: 100% general aviation
General aviation
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. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 10 single-engine
Aircraft engine
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