Mountain Empire Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Smyth Wythe Airport Commission | ||||||||||
| Serves | Marion / Wytheville, Virginia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,558 ft / 780 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°53′42″N 081°20′59″W / 36.89500°N 81.34972°W | ||||||||||
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  MKJ Location of airport in Virginia | |||||||||||
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Mountain Empire Airport (ICAO: KMKJ, FAA LID: MKJ) is a public use airport in Smyth County, Virginia, United States.[1] It located nine nautical miles (10 mi, 17 km) northeast of the central business district of Marion (in Smyth County)[1] and 13 nautical miles (15 mi; 24 km) west of Wytheville (in Wythe County).[2] The airport is situated between Interstate 81 and U.S. Route 11 (Lee Highway), near Groseclose.[3] It is owned by Smyth Wythe Airport Commission.[1]
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[4] Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MKJ by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[5] (which assigned MKJ to Makoua Airport in Makoua, Republic of the Congo).[6][7]
Facilities and aircraft[edit]
Mountain Empire Airport covers an area of 120 acres (49 ha) at an elevation of 2,558 feet (780 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,252 by 75 feet (1,601 by 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2009, the airport had 10,405 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 25 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, and 4% helicopter.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g FAA Airport Form 5010 for MKJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ "Distance and heading from Wytheville (36°56'52"N 81°05'13"W) to KMKJ (36°53'41"N 81°21'00"W)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ "Map showing airport between I-81 and U.S. Route 11 (Lee Hwy), near Groseclose, in Smyth County". MapQuest. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
- ^ "Mountain Empire Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KMKJ, FAA: MKJ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (MKJ: Makoua)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ "Makoua Airport, Congo (IATA: MKJ, ICAO: FCOM)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
External links[edit]
- Aerial image as of April 1999 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MKJ, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MKJ
- AirNav airport information for KMKJ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures