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32 SL-GF Dillion DOCILF / Beaverhead County Airport

Location / Airway

Location / Name

Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana
Commonly called Beaverhead County Airport, Dillon Airport
AKA Site No. 31, Department of Commerce intermediate landing field
31 SL-GF, 32 SL-GF
Site No. 32 Department of Commerce intermediate landing field

gps: 45.252552, -112.554382

Contract Air Mail

CAM #26 Great Falls-Salt Lake City
Salt Lake-Great Falls airway
Pocotella-Great Falls section

Operator

Contract made 30th day of December 1927 to Alfred Frank
Sub-contract made 6th day of April 1928 between Alfred Frank and National Parks Airways (Inc.)
Air mail day service began on August 1, 1928
Air mail night service began on June 15, 1930 (Salt Lake-Pocatello section only)

 

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Links

National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet OZ1010

 Clipped from The Independent Record, 11 May 1930, SunPage 18

 

 Clipped from The Independent Record, 30 Oct 1928, TuePage 7

 

 Clipped from Montana Butte Standard, 23 Sep 1931, WedPage 3

 Clipped from Montana Butte Standard, 13 Feb 1933, MonPage 2

 Clipped from The Independent Record, 29 Sep 1936, TuePage 2

 

Description Date Publication / Internet
Dillon.—Department of Commerce intermediate field (for day operations only), site 31, Salt Lake-Great Falls Airway. Four miles SE. of city. Altitude. 5.250 feet. L shape, 88 acres, two landing strips, 2,830 feet N./S., and 2,585 feet E./W.; gravel, slight slope to N. and NE.; natural drainage. No servicing facilities.  September 1, 1931 Airway Bulletin No. 2
page 83
Dillon.—Department of Commerce intermediate field (for day operations only), site 31, Salt Lake-Great Falls Airway. Four miles SE. of city. Altitude, 5,250 feet. L shape, 88 acres, two landing strips, 2.830 feet N./S., and 2.585 feet E./W.; gravel, slight slope to N. and NE.; natural drainage. No servicing facilities. September 1, 1932 Airway Bulletin No. 2
page 92
Dillon.—Department of Commerce intermediate field (for day operations only), site 31, Salt Lake-Great Falls Airway. Three miles SE. of city. Altitude, 5,250 feet.- L shape, two landing strips, 2,830 feet N/S., and 2,585 feet E./W., entire field available; gravel, slight slope to N. and NE.; natural drainage. No servicing facilities. June 1, 1933 Airway Bulletin No. 2
page 90
Dillon.—Department of Commerce, intermediate field, site 32, Salt Lake-Great Falls Airway. Four miles NE. of Dillon. Lat. 45°16'; long. 112°33'. Alt. 5,250 feet L-shape, sod, level, natural drainage; two landing strips, 3,850 feet N./S., 3,300 feet E./W. Swale to NB. outside boundary lights. Beacon, boundary, and approach lights. Beacon 24-inch rotating, clear with green course lights flashing characteristic "2" (. . ). No servicing. January 1, 1937 Airway Bulletin No. 2
page 111
Dillon.—Department of Commerce intermediate field, site 32. Falls Airway. Four miles NE. of Dillon. Lat 45°16F: long. 5.250 feet. L-shape, sod, level, natural drainage; two landing ft N./S., 3.300 feet E./W. Swale to NE. outside boundary lights. ary and approach lights. Beacon, 24-rotatinjr. clear, with green flashing characteristic "2" (. . ). No servicing. January 1, 1938 Airway Bulletin No. 2
page 112

 

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