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L. M. Clayton Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Wolf Point, a city in Roosevelt County, Montana, United States. It is owned by the city and county.〔 The airport is served by one commercial airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Reportedly, this made it the smallest airport in the 48 contiguous states with regularly scheduled air service. As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 321 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 900 in 2009, and 494 in 2010.〔 〕 The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''general aviation'' airport (the ''commercial service'' category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).〔 〕 Scheduled air service temporarily ceased on March 8, 2008, when Big Sky Airlines ended operations in bankruptcy. Great Lakes Airlines was given USDOT approval to take over Essential Air Service (EAS) and flights began in 2009. Service is currently provided under EAS contract by Cape Air. == Facilities and aircraft == L. M. Clayton Airport covers an area of 290 acres (117 ha) at an elevation of 1,989 feet (606 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 11/29 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,091 by 100 feet (1,552 x 30 m).〔 For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 5,975 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 53% general aviation, 47% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time eight aircraft were based at this airport, all single-engine.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「L. M. Clayton Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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