Davenport Airport , also known as Davenport Municipal Airport, is a city-owned, public-use airport located one

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(2 km) west of the central business district of Davenport, a city in

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, United States. It is included in the

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for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''

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'' facility.

Facilities and aircraft

Davenport Airport covers an area of 35 acres (14 ha) at an elevation of 2,421 feet (738 m) above

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. It has one

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. Runway 5/23 is 2,747 by 50 feet (837 x 15 m) with an

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surface. It also has an additional runway that was closed by the FAA and is not maintained. This runway, runway 3/21, is 2,271 by 45 feet (692 x 14 m) with a

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surface. For the 12-month period ending June 28, 2010, the airport had 7,000

aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day. At that time there were 13 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-

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and 15%

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