Beaver Municipal Airport (Utah)

Beaver Municipal Airport

Asphalt (dark black) runway and dirt (white) runway on left. USGS image (1999).
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: U52
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Beaver City
Serves Beaver, Utah
Elevation AMSL 5,863 ft / 1,787 m
Coordinates 38°13′50″N 112°40′32″W / 38.23056°N 112.67556°W / 38.23056; -112.67556Coordinates: 38°13′50″N 112°40′32″W / 38.23056°N 112.67556°W / 38.23056; -112.67556
Website BeaverUtah.net/...
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U52

Location 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 operations 1,958
Based aircraft 9

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.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

History

The airport was opened in May 1944.[3]

In 1992, the airport received federal funding to extend and rehabilitate their runway as well as install a visual approach system.[4] A fence, to keep both wildlife and unauthorized people out of the airport grounds, was funded in 2007.[5]

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.[1]

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.[1]

Instrument approach procedure (IAP): RNAV (GPS)-A [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for U52 (Form 5010 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. Retrieved September 6, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Beaver airport gets wildlife-fence grant". Deseret News. May 12, 2007. Retrieved September 6, 2009.
  6. ↑ RNAV (GPS)-A (PDF), effective 10 Nov 2016

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