McKinley National Park Airport

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McKinley National Park Airport
IATA: MCL – ICAO: PAIN – FAA LID: INR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		U.S. National Park Service
Serves		McKinley Park, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		1,720 ft / 524 m
Coordinates		63°43′57″N 148°54′38″W / 63.7325°N 148.91056°W / 63.7325; -148.91056
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
16/34	3,000	914	Gravel
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			3,200
Based aircraft			7
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

McKinley National Park Airport (IATA: MCL, ICAO: PAIN, FAA LID: INR, formerly 5MK) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) of McKinley Park,^[1] in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States. It is owned by the U.S. National Park Service^[1] and is located at the Denali National Park and Preserve (previously Mount McKinley National Park).

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned INR by the FAA^[1] and MCL by the IATA.^[2] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAIN.^[3]

Facilities and aircraft

McKinley National Park Airport has one runway designated 16/34 with a gravel surface measuring 3,000 by 68 feet (914 x 21 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 3,200 aircraft operations, an average of 266 per month: 69% general aviation and 31% air taxi. At that time there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 57% single-engine, 29% multi-engine and 14% helicopter.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} FAA Airport Master Record for INR (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
2. ^ "MCL / PAIN - McKinley Park, Alaska (McKinley National Park Airport)". Great Circle Mapper. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/MCL. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
3. ^ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/LID/L_G2.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 

External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for PAIN
  • ASN accident history for MCL
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PAIN
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAIN
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for INR