Hadley Airport is a public-use airport

Airport

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 located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Round Mountain

Round Mountain, Nevada

Round Mountain is a small town in Nye County, Nevada. The population of Round Mountain, Nevada as of 2005 is 744 .Round Mountain is best known for the Round Mountain Gold Mine, a large open pit heap-leach gold mine owned by Kinross Gold Corporation and Barrick Gold Corporation...

, a town in Nye County

Nye County, Nevada

-National protected areas:* Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge* Death Valley National Park * Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest * Spring Mountains National Recreation Area -Demographics:...

, Nevada

Nevada

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, United States

United States

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History

In the 1930s, American World War I flying ace

Flying ace

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 Kenneth R. Unger

Kenneth R. Unger

Rear Admiral Kenneth Russell Unger was a World War I flying ace credited with fourteen aerial victories.-Early training:Unger took private instruction with the Aero Club of America, earning Certificate No. 1356. Nevertheless, the United States Air Service rejected him for enlistment, so he went to...

 ran a flying school and air shows from the airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Hadley Airport covers an area of 35 acres (14.2 ha). It contains 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 17/35 which has an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 6,776 x 60 feet (2,065 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2005, the airport had 2,000 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 166 per month.

External links

airport diagram from Nevada DOT

• Aerial image as of 9 October 1999 from USGS The National Map