Troy Airport is a public
airport
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located one mile (2 km) northwest of the
central business district of
Troy
Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Ç ...
, a city in
Lincoln County,
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
,
United States
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. It is owned by the
United States Forest Service
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and is situated between
U.S. Highway 2
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and the
Kootenai River in the
Kootenai National Forest
The Kootenai National Forest is a national forest located in the far northwestern section of Montana and the northeasternmost lands in the Idaho panhandle in the United States, along the Canada–US border. Of the administered by the forest, le ...
.
Facilities and aircraft
Troy Airport covers an area of which contains one
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ...
designated 14/32 with a 3,570 by 30 ft (1,088 by 9 m)
asphalt
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surface. For the 12-month period ending August 25, 2005, the airport had 700
general aviation
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aircraft operations, an average of 58 per month.
See also
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List of airports in Montana
This is a list of airports in Montana (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that w ...
References
External links
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Airports in Montana
Buildings and structures in Lincoln County, Montana
Transportation in Lincoln County, Montana
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