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Helena Regional Airport is a public airport
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two miles northeast of Helena, in Lewis and Clark County
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, Montana
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, United States. It is owned by the Helena Regional Airport Authority.
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for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''primary commercial service'' airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year). Federal Aviation Administration
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records say the airport had 85,649 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year
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2008, 88,314 in 2009 and 98,193 in 2010.
Facilities
Helena Regional Airport covers 1,224acre
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s (495 ha) at an elevation
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of 3,877 feet (1,182 m). It has three asphalt
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runway
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s: 9/27 is 9,000 by 150 feet (2,743 x 46 m); 5/23 is 4,644 by 75 feet (1,415 x 23 m); 16/34 is 2,989 by 75 feet (911 x 23 m).
In 2013 the airport had 38,877 aircraft operations, average 106 per day: 68% general aviation
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, 14% military, 14% air taxi
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, and 4% airline. 137 aircraft were then based at the airport: 74% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 2% jet, 3% helicopter
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, 2% ultralight
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, and 5% military.
Airlines and destinations
Top destinations
See also
*Montana World War II Army Airfields
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Montana for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.
Most of these airfields were under the command of Second Air Force or the A ...
* List of airports in Montana
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References
External links
Helena Regional Airport
official site * * *
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