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). The first airline flights were Colonial DC-3s in 1948; successor Eastern pulled out in 1959.

Facilities

Malone-Dufort Airport covers at an elevation of 790 feet (241 m). It has two asphalt runways: 5/23 is 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m) and 14/32 is 3,245 by 75 feet (989 x 23 m). In the year ending December 7, 2007 the airport had 8,700 aircraft operations, average 23 per day: 92%

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, and 2% military. 14 aircraft were then based at the airport: 86% single-engine and 14% multi-engine.

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