Dodge City Regional Airport is three miles east of

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, in Ford County, Kansas. It is used for general aviation and is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The

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for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''non-primary commercial service'' facility. The Federal Aviation Administration says this airport had 4,701 passenger boardings (enplanements) in

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2008, 3,373 in 2009 and 3,853 in 2010.

Facilities

The airport covers 451 acres (183 ha) at an elevation of 2,594 feet (791 m). It has two

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s: 14/32 is 6,899 by 100 feet (2,103 x 30 m) and 2/20 is 4,649 by 100 feet (1,417 x 30 m). In the year ending January 31, 2008 the airport had 23,501 aircraft operations, average 64 per day: 77% general aviation, 16% airline, 6%

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, and 1% military. 33 aircraft were then based at this airport: 82% single-engine and 18% multi-engine.

Airline and destination

Statistics

References

Other sources

* Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-1998-3502) from the

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Order 2009-9-5 (September 11, 2009)
re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Dodge City, Garden City, Great Bend, Hays, and Liberal for the two-year period from October 1, 2009, through September 30, 2011, at combined annual subsidy rates of $8,897,565. ''Dodge City, Kansas: Docket OST-1998-3497; Effective Period: Start of Denver-Only service through September 30, 2011; Scheduled Service: 12 nonstop and 12 one-stop round trips per week to Denver; Aircraft:

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, 19-seats.'' *
Order 2011-10-24 (October 31, 2011)
re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Dodge City for $1,688,598 annual subsidy. Effective Period: Two-year period beginning when American Eagle begins full EAS (at Garden City) through the 24th month thereafter. Dodge City: 17 nonstop round trips per week to Denver. Aircraft:

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Order 2014-3-9 (March 14, 2014)
re-selects Great Lakes Airlines at Dodge City and Liberal, Kansas. ''Dodge City, Kansas: Docket 1998–3502; Effective Period: May 1, 2014, through July 31, 2016; Service: Eighteen (18) nonstop round trips per week to Denver (DEN); Aircraft Type:

; Annual Subsidy: $2,339,131.''

External links

Dodge City Regional Airport
at Dodge City website
Crotts Aircraft Service
the fixed-base operator (FBO)
Aerial image as of September 1991
from USGS '' The National Map'' * from

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