Brundidge Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of the Brundidge

Brundidge, Alabama

Brundidge is a city in Pike County, Alabama, USA. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 2,341.-Geography:Brundidge is located at .According to the U.S...

, a city in Pike County

Pike County, Alabama

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, Alabama

Alabama

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, United States

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Facilities and aircraft

Brundidge Municipal Airport covers an area of 40 acres (16.2 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 476 feet (145 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 5/23 with an asphalt

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 surface measuring 3,000 by 80 feet (914 x 24 m). For the 12-month period ending October 13, 1999, the airport had 2,627 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 218 per month.

External links

• Airfield photos for 60A from Civil Air Patrol
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• Aerial image as of 21 January 1992 from USGS The National Map