Trenton Municipal Airport was a village-owned, public-use

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located one mile (2 km) northwest of the

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of Trenton, a village in Hitchcock County,

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. The airport was closed in September 2015.

Facilities and aircraft

Trenton Municipal Airport covered an area of which contained two

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s with

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surfaces: 1/19 measuring 2,260 x 300 ft (689 x 91 m) and 14/32 measuring 2,360 x 280 ft (719 x 85 m). For the 12-month period ending September 11, 2007, the airport had 3,750

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aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day.

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Defunct airports in Nebraska Buildings and structures in Hitchcock County, Nebraska {{Nebraska-airport-stub