Gwinner–Roger Melroe Field is a public use

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located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the

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of Gwinner, a city in Sargent County,

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. It is owned by the Gwinner Airport Authority. It is also referred to as Gwinner Municipal Airfield. The field is named for Roger Melroe of the Melroe Company in Gwinner, the company that developed the "Bobcat" brand

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History

In 1967, the Gwinner Municipal Airport Authority proposed to construct a new municipal airport, which was completed in 1969. At the time it had a 3,600 foot lighted asphalt runway and an unlighted 2,500 foot turf strip. In 1975 the asphalt runway was extended from to 5000 feet in length. The airport was rededicated "Roger Melroe Field" in 1986.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of at an

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of 1,266 feet (386 m) above

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. It has two

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s: 16/34 is 4,986 by 60 feet (1,520 x 18 m) with an

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pavement; 6/24 is 2,950 by 100 feet (899 x 30 m) with a

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surface. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 4,120 aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day: 51%

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, 49%

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, <1%

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. At that time there were 13 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-

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and 15% multi-engine.

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History

Facilities and aircraft

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