Bloomfield Municipal Airport is a public use

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located southwest of the

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of Bloomfield, a city in Knox County,

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. It is owned by the Bloomfield Airport Authority.

Facilities and aircraft

Bloomfield Municipal Airport covers an area of at an

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of above

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. It has one

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designated 14/32 with an

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surface measuring . For the 12-month period ending August 4, 2010, the airport had 4,050

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aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day. At that time there were five single-

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aircraft based at this airport.

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Bloomfield (84Y)
a
Nebraska Department of Aeronautics

Aerial photo as of 31 March 1999
from

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'' * {{US-airport-minor, 84Y Airports in Nebraska Buildings and structures in Knox County, Nebraska

Facilities and aircraft

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