Clearwater Air Park is a city-owned public-use

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located northeast of the central business district of Clearwater, a city in

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. As of March 1, 2023, The airpark is managed b
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Facilities and aircraft

Clearwater Air Park covers an area of which contains one

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paved

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(16/34) measuring . Take offs and landings are permitted from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. For the 12-month period ending June 8, 1999, the airport had 50,590 aircraft operations, an average of 138 per day: 99.9%

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, <0.1%

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and <0.1% military. There are 139 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 10% multi-engine and 3%

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References

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