Temple Bar Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 in Mohave County

Mohave County, Arizona

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, Arizona

Arizona

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, United States

United States

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. It is one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the Temple Bar Marina

Temple Bar Marina

Temple Bar Marina is a marina on Lake Mead in the U.S. state of Arizona. The site includes a full-service marina with boat rentals, lodging at the motel-like Temple Bar Resort, a restaurant and lounge, and an RV park. Temple Bar Marina is the closest marina on Lake Mead to Phoenix. Temple Bar...

, located on Lake Mead

Lake Mead

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's Temple Basin. The airport is owned by the National Park Service

National Park Service

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Facilities and aircraft

Temple Bar Airport covers an area of 75 acres (30.4 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 1,549 feet (472 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 18/36 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 3,500 by 50 feet (1,067 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending April 20, 2010, the airport had 950 aircraft operations, an average of 79 per month: 74% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 26% air taxi

Air taxi

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External links

• Temple Bar Airport (U30) at Arizona DOT airport directory
• Aerial image as of 9 June 1994 from USGS The National Map