Millard Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located seven miles (11 km) southwest of the central business district

Downtown Omaha

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 of Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...

, a city in Douglas County

Douglas County, Nebraska

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 463,585 people, 182,194 households, and 115,146 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,401 people per square mile . There were 192,672 housing units at an average density of 582 per square mile...

, Nebraska

Nebraska

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, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the Omaha Airport Authority.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier

Location identifier

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 for the FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

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 and IATA

International Air Transport Association

The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...

, Millard Airport is assigned MLE by the FAA and MIQ by the IATA (which assigned MLE to Malé International Airport

Malé International Airport

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 on Hulhulé Island

Hulhulé Island

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 in the Malé Atoll

Malé Atoll

Malé Atoll is a natural atoll of the Maldives. This atoll consists of two separate atolls: North Malé Atoll and South Malé Atoll.Together with Kaashidhoo Island and Gaafaru, Malé Atoll forms the administrative division known as Kaafu Atoll....

 of the Maldives

Maldives

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).

Facilities and aircraft

Millard Airport covers an area of 165 acres (66.8 ha) which contains one concrete

Concrete

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 paved runway

Runway

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 (12/30) measuring 3,801 x 75 ft (1,159 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending August 16, 2005, the airport had 72,300 aircraft operations, an average of 198 per day: 98% general aviation

General aviation

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, 2% air taxi

Air taxi

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 and <1% military. There are 173 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, 2% helicopter

Helicopter

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and 1% jet.

External links

• Millard Airport at Nebraska Department of Aeronautics