Bowman Municipal Airport is a public
airport
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located two miles (3 km) west of the
central business district
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of
Bowman, a city in
Bowman County,
North Dakota
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,
United States
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. It is owned by the Bowman County Airport Authority.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter
location identifier
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for the
FAA
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and
IATA
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, Bowman Municipal Airport is assigned BPP by the FAA and BWM by the IATA.
Great Circle Mapper: BWM / KBPP - Bowman, North Dakota (Bowman Municipal Airport)
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Facilities and aircraft
Bowman Municipal Airport covers an area of which contains one runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...
designated 11/29 with a 4,800 x 75 ft (1,463 x 23 m) asphalt
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surface. For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2007, the airport had 3,620 aircraft operations: 88% general aviation
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, 11% air taxi
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In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) an ...
, and 1% military
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.
References
External links
Defunct airports in the United States
Airports in North Dakota
Buildings and structures in Bowman County, North Dakota
Transportation in Bowman County, North Dakota
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