Granite Falls Municipal Airport

Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Granite Falls
ServesGranite Falls, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL1,047 ft / 319 m
Coordinates44°45′12″N 095°33′22″W / 44.75333°N 95.55611°W / 44.75333; -95.55611
WebsiteGraniteFalls.com/...
Map
GDB is located in Minnesota
GDB
GDB
Location of airport in Minnesota
GDB is located in the United States
GDB
GDB
GDB (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 4,350 1,326 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations7,000
Based aircraft15

Granite Falls Municipal Airport (ICAO: KGDB, FAA LID: GDB, formerly 1G2), also known as Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field, is a public-use airport in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States.[2] It is owned by the City of Granite Falls and located four nautical miles (7 km) south of its central business district.[2] The airport is situated near State Highway 23.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GDB by the FAA[2] but has no designation from the IATA[3]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 152 acres (62 ha) at an elevation of 1,047 feet (319 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,350 by 75 feet (1,326 x 23 m).[2]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2006, the airport had 7,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day. At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 11 single-engine, 2 multi-engine and 2 jet.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Granite Falls Municipal Airport (Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field)" (PDF). Airport Directory. Minnesota DOT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 FAA Airport Form 5010 for GDB PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
  3. ↑ "KGDB - Granite Falls, Minnesota". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
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