Miley Memorial Field , formerly known as Big Piney-Marbleton Airport, is a public airport

Airport

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 located three miles (5 km) north of Big Piney

Big Piney, Wyoming

Big Piney is a town in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 408 at the 2000 census.-History:Big Piney is the oldest settlement in Sublette County. It was founded in 1879, when rancher Daniel B...

 and two miles (3 km) north of Marbleton

Marbleton, Wyoming

Marbleton is a town in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 720 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Marbleton is located at ....

, both towns in Sublette County, Wyoming

Wyoming

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, United States

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. It is owned by the Big Piney-Marbleton Airport Board.

Facilities and aircraft

Miley Memorial Field covers an area of 1409 acres (570.2 ha) which contains two 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...

s: 13/31 has a 6,803 x 75 ft (2,074 x 23 m) asphalt surface, while 8/26 has a 3,300 x 140 ft (1,006 x 43 m) turf surface. For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2004, the airport had 4,700 aircraft operations, an average of 12 per day: 64% general aviation

General aviation

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, 34% air taxi

Air taxi

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and 2% military.