Yale Airport is a public-use airport

Airport

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 located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Yale

Yale, Michigan

Yale is a city in St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,063 at the 2000 census. Yale is considered unofficially as the Bologna Capital of the world, in part due to its . Yale bologna is sold in grocery stores throughout the area. Yale is also home to the Yale...

, a city in St. Clair County

St. Clair County, Michigan

-Interstates:* I-69 enters the county from the west, coming from Lansing and Flint, terminating at the approach to the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron....

, Michigan

Michigan

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, United States

United States

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Yale Airport covers an area of 15 acres (6.1 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 814 feet (248 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 9/27 with a turf

Grass

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 surface measuring 2,300 by 110 feet (701 x 34 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2009, the airport had 200 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per month.

External links

• Yale (D20) airport diagram from Michigan DOT
• Aerial image as of 28 March 1999 from USGS The National Map