Jeremiah Denton Airport
Airport
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Jeremiah Denton Airport (FAA LID: 4R9), formerly Dauphin Island Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.[1] It is just northwest of the central business district of Dauphin Island,[1] a town located on a barrier island. The airport is on Mobile Bay, west of the Aloe Bay Channel.[2]
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NAIP aerial image, 23 June 2006 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Mobile County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Dauphin Island, Alabama | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5 ft (1.5 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°15′38″N 088°07′39″W | ||||||||||
 Interactive map of Jeremiah Denton Airport | |||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015[3] and 2009–2013,[4] both of which categorized it as a general aviation facility. In 2017 the airfield was closed for a time to test Navy drone operations. [5]
Facilities and aircraft
Jeremiah Denton Airport covers an area of 22 acres (9 ha) at an elevation of 5 feet (2 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 by 80 feet (914 x 24 m). For the 12-month period ending May 18, 2010, the airport had 3,650 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day.[1]