Jeremiah Denton Airport
Jeremiah Denton Airport (FAA LID: 4R9), formerly Dauphin Island Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is just northwest of the central business district of Dauphin Island, a town located on a barrier island. The airport is on Mobile Bay, west of the Aloe Bay Channel.
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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 / 2 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°15′38″N 088°07′39″W | ||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 and 2009–2013, both of which categorized it as a general aviation facility. In 2017 the airfield was closed for a time to test Navy drone operations.
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