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Cherokee Seaplane Base

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Airport type
  
Public use

Serves
  
Afton, Oklahoma

ALL/WAY
  
10,000

Owner
  
R. A. Billingsley

Elevation AMSL
  
739 ft / 225 m

10,000
  
3,048

Cherokee Seaplane Base

Cherokee Seaplane Base (FAA LID: 4O6) is a privately owned, public use seaplane base on Grand Lake o' the Cherokees in Delaware County, Oklahoma. It is located seven nautical miles (8 mi, 13 km) southwest of the central business district of Afton, a city in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.

Facilities and aircraft

Cherokee Seaplane Base covers an area of 12 acres (5 ha) at an elevation of 739 feet (225 m) above mean sea level. It has two water landing areas, one designated ALL/WAY which measures 10,000 by 800 feet (3,048 x 244 m) and another designated NE/SW is 4,000 by 200 feet (1,219 x 61 m). For the 12-month period ending April 17, 2007, the facility had 1,100 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 91 per month.

References

Cherokee Seaplane Base Wikipedia