Mount Comfort Airport

southwest [ [http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=39%B053%2748%22N+85%B055%2719%22W-KMQJ%0D%0A&RANGE=&PATH-COLOR=red&PATH-UNITS=mi&PATH-MINIMUM=&SPEED-GROUND=&SPEED-UNITS=kts&RANGE-STYLE=best&RANGE-COLOR=navy&MAP-STYLE= Distance from 39°53'48"N 85°55'19"W (McCordsville) to KMQJ] as calculated by Great Circle Mapper] of McCordsville, in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. Also located 12 miles (19 km) east of the central business district of Indianapolis, it is owned by the Indianapolis Airport Authority and serves as a reliever airport for Indianapolis International Airport.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Mount Comfort Airport is assigned MQJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KMQJ Great Circle Mapper: KMQJ - Indianapolis, Indiana (Mount Comfort Airport)] ]

The airport is home to the [http://www.indyairshow.com/ Indianapolis Air Show] .

Facilities and aircraft

Mount Comfort Airport covers an area of 1,805 acres (730 ha) which contains two concrete paved runways: 7/25 at 5,500 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m) and 16/34 measuring 3,901 x 75 ft (1,189 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 25, 2006, the airport had 44,026 aircraft operations, an average of 120 per day: 84% general aviation, 16% air taxi and <1% military. There are 139 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, 1% jet, 1% helicopter and 1% glider.

References

External links

* [http://www.indianapolisairport.com/AirportOperations/GeneralAviationAirports/mountcmft.aspx Mount Comfort Airport] , official page from Indianapolis Airport Authority
* [http://www.indyaero.com/about.htm Indy Aero, LLC] , the fixed base operator (FBO)
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?placesearch=Indianapolis%20-%20Mount%20Comfort%20Airport%20%28MQJ%20%2F%20KMQJ%29&distinct_entry=true Aviation photos: Mount Comfort Airport] at Airliners.net
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