Lindey's Landing West Seaplane Base is a privately-owned, public-use seaplane

Seaplane

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 base located one nautical mile

Nautical mile

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 (2 km

Kilometre

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) northwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Seeley Lake

Seeley Lake, Montana

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, a community in Missoula County

Missoula County, Montana

-National protected areas:*Bitterroot National Forest *Flathead National Forest *Lolo National Forest *Rattlesnake National Recreation Area-Demographics:...

, Montana

Montana

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, United States

United States

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Facilities and aircraft

Lindey's Landing West Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated 12/30 which measures 14,000 x 1,000 feet (4,267 x 305 m). For the 12-month period ending August 24, 2005, the airport had 230 aircraft operations: 70% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 30% military

Military aviation

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