Trenton Municipal Airport (Nebraska)
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Trenton Municipal Airport is a village-owned, 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 mile (2 km) northwest of the central business district
Central business district
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 of Trenton
Trenton, Nebraska
Trenton is a village in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 507 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hitchcock County.-Geography:Trenton is located at ....

, a village in Hitchcock County
Hitchcock County, Nebraska
-History:Hitchcock County was formed in 1873. It was named after the US Senator Phineas Warren Hitchcock.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 3,111 people, 1,287 households, and 899 families residing in the county. The population density was 4 people per square mile . There were...

, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

, United States
United States
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Facilities and aircraft

Trenton Municipal Airport covers an area of 97 acres (39.3 ha) which contains two 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...

s with turf
Grass
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 surfaces: 1/19 measuring 2,260 x 300 ft (689 x 91 m) and 14/32 measuring 2,360 x 280 ft (719 x 85 m). For the 12-month period ending September 11, 2007, the airport had 3,750 general aviation
General aviation
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aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day.
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