Hadley Airport

Hadley Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Location Round Mountain, Nevada
Elevation AMSL 5,744 ft / 1,751 m
Coordinates 38°41′39″N 117°08′48″W / 38.69417°N 117.14667°W / 38.69417; -117.14667Coordinates: 38°41′39″N 117°08′48″W / 38.69417°N 117.14667°W / 38.69417; -117.14667
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 6,776 2,065 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 2,000

Hadley Airport (FAA LID: NV83) is a public use airport owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of the central business district of Round Mountain, a town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.[1]

History

In the 1930s, American World War I flying ace Kenneth R. Unger ran a flying school and air shows from the airport.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Hadley Airport covers an area of 35 acres (14 ha). It contains one runway designated 17/35 which has an asphalt surface measuring 6,776 x 60 feet (2,065 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2005, the airport had 2,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 166 per month.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for A36 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 5, 2007.
  2. ↑ Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey (2001). American Aces of World War I. Osprey Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-84176-375-0.
  • "Diagram of Hadley Airport (A36)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-29. from Nevada DOT
  • Aerial image as of October 1999 from USGS The National Map
  • Resources for this airport:
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