Long Prairie Municipal Airport
Encyclopedia
Long Prairie Municipal Airport , also known as Todd Field or Todd Field Airport, is a public use airport
located four nautical miles (7 km) south of the central business district
of Long Prairie
, a city in Todd County
, Minnesota
, United States
. The airport is owned by Todd County and the City of Long Prairie.
of 1,333 feet (406 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 by 75 feet (914 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending July 21, 2008, the airport had 5,730 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 99.8% general aviation
and 0.2% military
. At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine
and 7% ultralight.
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 four nautical miles (7 km) south of the central business district
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 Long Prairie
Long Prairie, Minnesota
At the 2000 census, there were 3,040 people, 1,229 households and 769 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,285.2 per square mile . There were 1,334 housing units at an average density of 564.0 per square mile...
, a city in Todd County
Todd County, Minnesota
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, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The airport is owned by Todd County and the City of Long Prairie.
Facilities and aircraft
Todd Field covers an area of 160 acres (64.7 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 1,333 feet (406 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...
designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 by 75 feet (914 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending July 21, 2008, the airport had 5,730 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 99.8% 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...
and 0.2% military
Military aviation
Military aviation is the use of aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling warfare, including national airlift capacity to provide logistical supply to forces stationed in a theater or along a front. Air power includes the national means of conducting such...
. At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine
Aircraft engine
An aircraft engine is the component of the propulsion system for an aircraft that generates mechanical power. Aircraft engines are almost always either lightweight piston engines or gas turbines...
and 7% ultralight.
External links
- Aerial photo as of 28 April 1991 from USGS The National Map