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

Airport

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 located one nautical mile (1.15 mi, 1.85 km) north of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Buffalo

Buffalo, Missouri

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, a city in Dallas County, Missouri

Missouri

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, United States

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Facilities and aircraft

Buffalo Municipal Airport covers an area of 67 acres (27.1 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 1,154 feet (352 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 3/21 with a 3,220 by 50 ft (981 x 15 m) with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface and one helipad

Helipad

Helipad is a common abbreviation for helicopter landing pad, a landing area for helicopters. While helicopters are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard surface away from obstacles where a helicopter can safely...

 with a 40 by 40 feet (12 x 12 m) with an asphalt surface.

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2009, the airport had 1,650 aircraft operations, an average of 137 per month: 98.5% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 1.5% military

Military aviation

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At that time there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 14% multi-engine.

External links

from MoDOT Airport Directory

• Aerial photo as of 1 April 1996 from USGS The National Map