Fertile Municipal Airport
Fertile Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Fertile | ||||||||||
| Location | Fertile, Minnesota | ||||||||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,135 ft / 345.95 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°33′6.9″N 096°17′31.9″W / 47.551917°N 96.292194°W | ||||||||||
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Fertile Municipal Airport (FAA LID: D14)[2] is a public use airport located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northwest[2] of the central business district of Fertile, Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is owned by the City of Fertile.[2]
The airport originally belonged to a flying club. The airport became a municipal airport in order to be eligible for state and federal airport funds.[3]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Fertile Municipal Airport covers an area of 130 acres (53 ha) at an elevation of 1,135 feet (346 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,002 by 60 feet (915 x 18.3 m).[2]
For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2018, the airport had 7,800 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fertile Municipal Airport" (PDF). Airport Directory. Minnesota DOT. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
- ^ a b c d e f FAA Airport Form 5010 for D14 PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ Foster, Tom (November 2018). "Airport of the Month". Minnesota Flyer.
External links
[edit]- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for D14
- AirNav airport information for D14
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for D14