Ontario Municipal Airport is three miles west of

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, in Malheur County, Oregon. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''

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'' facility. The first airline flights were Empire Airlines Boeing 247Ds in late 1946; successors West Coast, Air West and Hughes Airwest served Ontario until 1973.

Facilities

The airport covers 480

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s (194 ha) at an

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of 2,193 feet (668 m). Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,011 by 100 feet (1,527 x 30 m) asphalt. In the year ending July 13, 2010 the airport had 12,930

aircraft operations, average 35 per day. 69 aircraft were then based at the airport: 90% single-engine, 3% multi-engine, 4% jet, and 3%

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References

External links

Airport page
at City of Ontario website
Aerial image as of May 1994
from

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