Moritz Memorial Airport is a city-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located one mile (2 km) northwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Beloit

Beloit, Kansas

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, a city in Mitchell County

Mitchell County, Kansas

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, Kansas

Kansas

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, United States

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Facilities and aircraft

Moritz Memorial Airport covers an area of 200 acres (80.9 ha) which contains three runways

Runway

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: 04/22 with a 2,281 x 110 ft (726 x 34 m) turf surface, 08/26 with a 1,658 x 90 ft (505 x 27m) turf surface, and 17/35 with a 3,610 x 60 ft (1100 x 18 m) concrete

Concrete

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For the 12-month period ending May 20, 2008, the airport had 20,000 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 55 per day. At that time there were 13 aircraft based at this airport:
100% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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