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Airport
Beaver Municipal Airport
Asphalt (dark black) runway and dirt (white) runway on left. USGS image (1999).
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerBeaver City
ServesBeaver, Utah
Elevation AMSL5,863 ft / 1,787 m
Coordinates38°13′50″N 112°40′32″W / 38.23056°N 112.67556°W / 38.23056; -112.67556
WebsiteBeaverUtah.net/...
Map
U52 is located in UtahU52U52Location of airport in Utah
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 4,984 1,519 Asphalt
7/25 2,150 655 Dirt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations1,958
Based aircraft9
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Beaver Municipal Airport (FAA LID: U52) is a public use airport in Beaver County, Utah, United States. It is owned by the city of Beaver and located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) southwest of its central business district. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

History

The airport was opened in May 1944.

In 1992, the airport received federal funding to extend and rehabilitate their runway, as well as install a visual approach system. A fence, to keep both wildlife and unauthorized people out of the airport grounds, was funded in 2007.

Facilities and aircraft

Beaver Municipal Airport covers an area of 841 acres (340 ha) at an elevation of 5,863 feet (1,787 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 13/31 is 4,984 by 75 feet (1,519 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface and 7/25 is 2,150 by 50 feet (655 x 15 m) with a dirt surface.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 1,958 aircraft operations, an average of 163 per month: 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi. At that time there were 9 aircraft based at this airport: 56% single-engine and 44% ultralight.

Instrument approach procedure (IAP): RNAV (GPS)-A

See also

References

  1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for U52 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  3. "U52 - Beaver Municipal Airport". AirNav. Retrieved September 6, 2009.
  4. "Funds will help nature-made, man-made birds". Deseret News. November 20, 1992. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2009.
  5. "Beaver airport gets wildlife-fence grant". Deseret News. May 12, 2007. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2009.
  6. RNAV (GPS)-A (PDF), effective 28 Nov 2024

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