Grand Lake Regional Airport
Grand Lake Regional Airport is a privately owned, public use airport in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located on Monkey Island, a peninsula on the northern shore of Grand Lake o' the Cherokees. The airport is nine nautical miles (10  mi, 17  km) southeast of Afton, a city in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. This airport was included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, which categorized it as a ''general aviation'' facility. Facilities and aircraft Grand Lake Regional Airport covers an area of 60 acres (24 ha) at an elevation of 792 feet (241 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with a concrete surface measuring 3,925 by 60 feet (1,196 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending October 7, 2009, the airport had 7,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day. At that time there were 5 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine and 20% multi-engine. See also * List o ...
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Afton, Oklahoma
Afton is a town in northeast Oklahoma in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,049 as of the 2010 census, with population growth stemming from the near abandonment of nearby towns of Cardin and Picher because of ground contamination sites by local mining quarries. The town may have been named for the Scottish River Afton. Larry O'Dell, "Afton,".''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.
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History

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