Hualapai Airport
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Hualapai Airport is a private-use 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 eight miles (13 km) northeast of the central business district
Central business district
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 of Peach Springs
Peach Springs, Arizona
Peach Springs is a census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The population was 600 at the 2000 census. Peach Springs serves as the administrative headquarters of the Hualapai people, and is located on the Hualapai Reservation.-Geography:Peach Springs is located at ...

, in Coconino County
Coconino County, Arizona
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*61.7% White*1.2% Black*27.3% Native American*1.4% Asian*0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.1% Two or more races*5.2% Other races*13.5% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

, Arizona
Arizona
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, United States
United States
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. The airport has one asphalt
Asphalt
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 paved runway
Runway
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 designated 7/25 which measures 4,790 x 30 ft. (1,460 x 9 m). It is privately owned by the Hualapai
Hualapai
The Hualapai or Walapai are a tribe of Native Americans who live in the mountains of northwestern Arizona, United States. The name is derived from "hwa:l," the Hualapai word for ponderosa pine, "Hualapai" meaning "people of the ponderosa pine"...

 Indian Tribe, who also own the public-use Grand Canyon West Airport
Grand Canyon West Airport
Grand Canyon West Airport is a public airport located 60 miles northwest of the central business district of Peach Springs, in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. This particular location is known as Grand Canyon West...

 located 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Peach Springs.

As per Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
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 records, the airport had 430 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year
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2005 and 917 scheduled enplanements in 2006.
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