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Marianna Municipal Airport 
USGS aerial image, 10 January 1999 IATA: none – ICAO: KMAI – FAA LID: MAI Summary Airport type Public Owner Marianna Municipal Airport Authority Serves Marianna, Florida Elevation AMSL 110 ft / 34 m Coordinates 30°50′16″N 085°10′55″W / 30.83778°N 85.18194°W Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 4,895 1,492 Asphalt 18/36 4,896 1,492 Asphalt Statistics (2009) Aircraft operations 28,016 Based aircraft 30 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] 
Marianna MunicipalLocation of airport in FloridaMarianna Municipal Airport (ICAO: KMAI, FAA LID: MAI) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) northeast of the central business district of Marianna, a city in Jackson County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the Marianna Municipal Airport Authority.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation airport.[2] It was formerly known as Graham Air Base.
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MAI by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MAI to Mangochi, Malawi[4]).
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History
Military use
Main article: Graham Air BaseCivil use
Today the Marianna Municipal Airport has two 4,900-foot (1,500 m) long by 100-foot (30 m) wide intersecting hard surface runways with a pavement strength of 56,500 pounds single wheel load. Runway 18/36 serves as the primary runway. Although the original USAF control tower and base operations building remain standing on the flight line, the airport has remained an uncontrolled field for its entire time as a civilian facility.
In addition to its civilian general aviation traffic, the airport continues to see significant use by military aircraft, with one third of the airport's daily operations normally consisting of transient military training flights, primarily Army helicopters from Fort Rucker and Navy helicopters from Naval Air Station Whiting Field.[5]
Facilities and aircraft
Marianna Municipal Airport covers an area of 2,400 acres (970 ha) at an elevation of 110 feet (34 m) above mean sea level. It has two operational asphalt paved runways: Rwy 8/26 is 4,895 by 100 feet (1,492 x 30 m) and Rwy 18/36 is 4,896 by 100 feet (1,492 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending March 9, 2009, the airport had 28,016 aircraft operations, an average of 76 per day: 67% general aviation and 33% military. At that time there were 30 aircraft based at this airport: 66.7% single-engine, 20% multi-engine, 6.7% helicopter and 6.7% glider.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for MAI (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 2 (PDF, 1.04 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
- ^ "Marianna Municipal Airport (ICAO: KMAI, FAA: MAI)". Great Circle Mapper. http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KMAI. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ "Mangochi, Malawi (IATA: MAI, ICAO: FWMG)". Great Circle Mapper. http://www.gcmap.com/airport/MAI. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ Airport information for KMAI at AirNav
External links
- Marianna Municipal Airport at City of Marianna website
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MAI, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KMAI
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KMAI
Categories:- Airports in Florida
- Transportation in Jackson County, Florida
- Buildings and structures in Jackson County, Florida
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