Horizon Airport is a public-use airport

Airport

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 located nine miles (14 km) south of the central business district

Central business district

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 of San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

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, a city in Bexar County

Bexar County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,392,931 people, 488,942 households, and 345,681 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,117 people per square mile . There were 521,359 housing units at an average density of 418 per square mile...

, Texas

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, United States

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. It is privately owned by Toudouze Investments, Inc.

Facilities and aircraft

Horizon Airport covers an area of 107 acres (43.3 ha) which contains two 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...

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• Runway 11/29: 2,360 x 80 ft (719 x 24 m), Surface: Turf
• Runway 16/34: 2,250 x 100 ft (686 x 30 m), Surface: Turf

For the 12-month period ending January 28, 2004, the airport had 2,800 aircraft operations, 100% of which were general aviation

General aviation

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