- Comanche County-City Airport
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Comanche County-City Airport IATA: none – ICAO: KMKN – FAA LID: MKN Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Comanche / Comanche County Serves Comanche, Texas Elevation AMSL 1,385 ft / 422 m Coordinates 31°55′13″N 098°35′57″W / 31.92028°N 98.59917°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 4,500 1,372 Asphalt Statistics (2008) Aircraft operations 6,300 Based aircraft 20 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Comanche County-City Airport (ICAO: KMKN, FAA LID: MKN) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (2.3 mi, 3.7 km) northeast of the central business district of Comanche, a city in Comanche County, Texas, United States. It is owned by the City of Comanche and Comanche County.[1] The airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned MKN by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MKN to Malekolon, Papua New Guinea[4]).
Facilities and aircraft
Comanche County-City Airport covers an area of 85 acres (34 ha) at an elevation of 1,385 feet (422 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,500 by 75 feet (1,372 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 6, 2008, the airport had 6,300 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day. At that time there were 20 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, and 10% helicopter.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for MKN (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Comanche County-City Airport (FAA: MKN, ICAO: KMKN)". Great Circle Mapper. http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KMKN. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ "Malekolon, Papua New Guinea (IATA: MKN)". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=MKN. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
External links
- Comanche County-City (MKN)PDF at Texas DOT Airport Directory
- Aerial photo as of 9 January 1995 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MKN, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KMKN
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KMKN
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