Vivian Airport is a town-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located two nautical mile

Nautical mile

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s (3.7 km

Kilometre

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) southwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Vivian

Vivian, Louisiana

Vivian, is a town in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States and is home to the Red Bud Festival. The population was 4,031 at the 2000 census...

, a town in Caddo Parish

Caddo Parish, Louisiana

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, Louisiana

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, United States

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. The airport is 25 miles north of Shreveport, Louisiana

Shreveport, Louisiana

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 and it is also known as Vivian Municipal Airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Vivian Airport covers an area of 120 acres (48.6 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 260 feet (79 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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 designated 9/27 which measures 2,998 by 75 feet (914 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 20, 2008, the airport had 8,500 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day. At that time there were 9 aircraft based at this airport: 6 single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 1 multi-engine, 1 jet

Jet aircraft

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 and 1 ultralight.