Lake Billy Chinook Airport , formerly known as Lake Billy Chinook State Airport, is a public airport

Airport

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 located six miles (10 km) west of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Culver

Culver, Oregon

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, in Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Oregon

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, Oregon

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, United States

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. This airport is privately owned by Lake Billy Chinook Airport Develop Corp.

Facilities

Lake Billy Chinook Airport covers an area of 29 acres (11.7 ha) which contains one runway

Runway

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• Runway 16/34: 2,500 x 32 ft (762 x 10 m), Surface: Asphalt

For 12-month period ending 31 August 2004 the airport had 560 aircraft operations:

• 100% general aviation: 560