Gardiner Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Gardiner

Gardiner, Montana

Gardiner is a census-designated place in Park County, Montana, United States, along the 45th parallel. The population was 851 at the 2000 census....

, a city in Park County

Park County, Montana

Park Counties in Montana and Wyoming are among the very few pairs of counties in the United States with the same name to border each other across state lines.-National protected areas:* Custer National Forest * Gallatin National Forest...

, Montana

Montana

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, United States

United States

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. The airport is owned by the city and county.

Facilities and aircraft

Gardiner Airport covers an area of 38 acres (15.4 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 5,286 feet (1,611 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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 designated 10/28 which measures 3,200 by 55 feet (975 x 17 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2004, the airport had 8,600 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day: 93% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 7% air taxi

Air taxi

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. At that time there were 9 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine

Aircraft engine

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