# Escalante Municipal Airport (1L7)

**Escalante Municipal Airport** (FAA: 1L7) is a small airport in Escalante, Utah, United States. It opened in Aug 1957. It has one runway, 5,032 ft (1,534 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k1l7

## At a glance

- FAA: 1L7
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Escalante, Utah, United States
- Opened: Aug 1957
- Elevation: 5,737 ft / 1,749 m
- Coordinates: 37.7453, -111.5700
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,032 ft / 1,534 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49746143
- Ident: K1L7

## Timeline

- Aug 1957: Escalante Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 5,032 ft / 1,534 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 139° / 319° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,032 ft / 1,534 m | #6,255 of 29,858 | #2,124 in North America | #1,727 in US |
| Elevation | 5,737 ft / 1,749 m | #1,259 of 43,403 | #647 in North America | #479 in US |
| Age | Opened 1957 | =4,248 of 15,079 | =2,902 in North America | =2,831 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k1l7/data