Falconhead Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 located two nautical mile

Nautical mile

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s (2.3 mi

Mile

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, 3.7 km

Kilometre

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) northwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Burneyville

Burneyville, Oklahoma

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, in Love County

Love County, Oklahoma

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, Oklahoma

Oklahoma

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, United States

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. It is privately owned by Falconhead Airport and Aviation Services, LLC.

The airport is located adjacent to the Falconhead Resort & Country Club.

Facilities and aircraft

Falconhead Airport covers an area of 114 acres (46.1 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 690 feet (210 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 18/36 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 4,400 by 75 feet (1,341 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending January 6, 2010, the airport had 460 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per month: 98% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 2% military

Military aviation

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. At that time there were 6 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 17% multi-engine.

External links

• Falconhead Airport and Aviation Services
• Falconhead (37K) at Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission
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   website
• Aerial photo as of 19 January 1995 from USGS The National Map