Marshall County Airport (West Virginia)

Marshall County Airport (West Virginia)

Coordinates: 39°52′51″N 080°44′09″W / 39.88083°N 80.73583°W / 39.88083; -80.73583

Marshall County Airport
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IATA: noneICAO: KMPGFAA LID: MPG
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Marshall County Commission
Serves Moundsville, West Virginia
Elevation AMSL 1,214 ft / 370 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 3,302 1,006 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 19,300
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Marshall County Airport (ICAO: KMPGFAA LID: MPG, formerly 74D) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Moundsville, a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States. The airport is owned by the Marshall County Commission.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Marshall County Airport is assigned MPG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned MPG to Makini, Papua New Guinea[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Marshall County Airport covers an area of 96 acres (39 ha) which contains one runway designated 6/24 with a 3,302 x 60 ft (1,006 x 18 m) asphalt surface. Situated in rugged mountain terrain, the airport site is a removed mountaintop with steep slopes to all sides. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 19,300 aircraft operations, an average of 52 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% military and <1% air taxi.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for MPG (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  2. ^ KMPG - Marshall County Airport - Moundsville, West Virginia at Great Circle Mapper
  3. ^ MPG - Makini, Papua New Guinea at Great Circle Mapper

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