Liberty Municipal Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 in Liberty County

Liberty County, Texas

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, Texas

Texas

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, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the City of Liberty

Liberty, Texas

Liberty is a city in and the county seat of Liberty County, Texas, United States and a part of the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 8,033 at the 2000 census....

 and is located six nautical miles (11 km) northeast of its central business district

Central business district

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Facilities and aircraft

Liberty Municipal Airport covers an area of 127 acres (51.4 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 70 feet (21 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 16/34 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 3,801 by 75 feet (1,159 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending September 20, 2007, the airport had 5,725 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 99.6% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 0.4% military

Military aviation

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. At that time there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 14% ultralight.

External links

• Liberty Municipal Airport
• Liberty Municipal Airport page at City of Liberty website