Grand Canyon Bar 10 Airport
Encyclopedia
Grand Canyon Bar 10 Airport , is a public-use airport
located 60 nm south-east of the CBD
of Whitmore, in Mohave County, Arizona
, United States
, near the Grand Canyon
.
of 4,100 feet (1,250 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
: 16/34 is 4,600 by 40 feet (1,404 x 12 m) with an asphalt
/dirt
surface.
For the 12-month period ending April 21, 2010, the airport had 1,800 general aviation
aircraft operations, an average of 5 per day. At that time there were 0 aircraft based at this airport.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located 60 nm south-east of the CBD
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
of Whitmore, in Mohave County, Arizona
Mohave County, Arizona
Mohave County is located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2010 census, its population was 200,186, an increase of 45,154 people since the 2000 census count of 155,032. The county seat is Kingman...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, near the Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park, the 15th national park in the United States...
.
Facilities and aircraft
Grand Canyon Bar 10 Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40.5 ha) at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 4,100 feet (1,250 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...
: 16/34 is 4,600 by 40 feet (1,404 x 12 m) with an asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
/dirt
Soil
Soil is a natural body consisting of layers of mineral constituents of variable thicknesses, which differ from the parent materials in their morphological, physical, chemical, and mineralogical characteristics...
surface.
For the 12-month period ending April 21, 2010, the airport had 1,800 general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
aircraft operations, an average of 5 per day. At that time there were 0 aircraft based at this airport.