Sallisaw Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located one

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(2 km) southwest of the

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of Sallisaw, a city in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is included in the

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for 2011–2015, which

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it as a '' general aviation'' facility. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and

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, this airport is assigned JSV by the FAA, but has no designation from the IATA.

Facilities and aircraft

Sallisaw Municipal Airport covers an area of 171

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s (69 ha) at an elevation of 527 feet (161 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,006 by 75 feet (1,221 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending September 21, 2011, the airport had 1,800 aircraft operations, an average of 150 per month: 94% general aviation and 6% military. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single- engine and 18% multi-engine.

References

External links

Airport page
at City of Sallisaw website
Sallisaw Municipal Airport (JSV)
at Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission
Aerial image as of March 1995
from USGS '' The National Map'' * {{US-airport-ga, JSV, - Airports in Oklahoma Buildings and structures in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Facilities and aircraft

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