Bottineau Municipal Airport is a public

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located one mile (1.6 km) east of the

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of Bottineau, in Bottineau County,

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. It is owned by the Bottineau Airport Authority.

Facilities and aircraft

Bottineau Municipal Airport covers an area of , which contains two

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s: * Runway 13/31: 3,700 x 60 ft (1,128 x 18 m), surface: asphalt * Runway 3/21: 2,000 x 150 ft (610 x 46 m), surface: asphalt For the 12-month period ending July 23, 2007, the airport had 4,720 aircraft operations: 93%

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, 5%

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, and 2%

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