Sundance Airpark is a public use airport

Airport

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 located in Canadian County

Canadian County, Oklahoma

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, Oklahoma

Oklahoma

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, United States

United States

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. The airport is 11 nautical miles (20 km) northwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Oklahoma City

Oklahoma city

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. It is privately owned by Sundance Airpark FBO

Fixed base operator

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Facilities and aircraft

Sundance Airpark covers an area of 240 acres (97.1 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 1,193 feet (364 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 17/35 with a concrete

Concrete

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 surface measuring 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 22, 2007, the airport had 75,000 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 205 per day. At that time there were 142 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 14% multi-engine and 1% jet

Jet aircraft

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External links

• Sundance Airpark, official site
• Aerial photo as of 26 March 2002 from USGS The National Map via MSR Maps