Casselton Robert Miller Regional Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Casselton

Casselton, North Dakota

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,855 people, 702 households, and 509 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,315.5 people per square mile . There were 738 housing units at an average density of 523.4 per square mile...

, in Cass County

Cass County, North Dakota

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 123,138 people, 51,315 households, and 29,814 families residing in the county. The population density was 70 people per square mile . There were 53,790 housing units at an average density of 30 per square mile...

, North Dakota

North Dakota

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, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the Casselton Regional Airport Authority.

Facilities and aircraft

Casselton Robert Miller Regional Airport covers an area of 107 acres (43.3 ha) which contains one runway

Runway

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• Runway 13/31: 3,900 × 75 ft (1,189 × 23 m), Surface: Concrete

For the 12-month period ending October 20, 1999, the airport had 15,450 aircraft operations: 97% general aviation

General aviation

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, 3% air taxi

Air taxi

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, and less than 1% military

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