Chinle Municipal Airport , also referred to as Chinle Airport, is a public-use airport located southwest of the

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of Chinle, in

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, Arizona, United States. It is owned by the Navajo Nation. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 131 passenger boardings (enplanements) in

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2005 and 2,059 enplanements (all unscheduled) in 2006. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, Chinle is a '' general aviation'' airport (the ''commercial service'' category requires at least 2,500 passenger boardings per year). This is one of six airports owned by the Navajo Nation; the other five being

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Chinle Municipal Airport covers an area of 357

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s (144 ha) at an elevation of 5,550 feet (1,692 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,900 by 60 feet (2,103 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending April 17, 2010, the airport had 7,800 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day: 74% air taxi and 26% general aviation.

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Facilities and aircraft

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