Kulm Municipal Airport
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Kulm Municipal Airport is a 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 one nautical mile (1.85 km) northeast of the central business district
Central business district
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 of Kulm
Kulm, North Dakota
Kulm is a city in LaMoure County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 354 at the 2010 census. Kulm was founded in 1892.-Geography:Kulm is located at ....

, a city in LaMoure County
LaMoure County, North Dakota
LaMoure County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of 2010, the population was 4,139. Its county seat is LaMoure.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

, United States
United States
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. It is owned by the Kulm Municipal Airport Authority.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 22 acres (8.9 ha) at an elevation
Elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....

 of 1,959 feet (597 m) above mean sea level. It has 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 12/30 with a turf
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...

surface measuring 2,800 by 120 feet (853 x 37 m).

Pruetz Municipal Airport (5K9)

Kulm Municipal Airport opened in 2009, replacing the former Pruetz Municipal Airport , which had a 2,900 by 110 ft (884 x 34 m) turf runway located south of Kulm at 46°17′20"N 098°56′31"W.
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