Comanche County–City Airport Explained

Comanche County–City Airport
Icao:KMKN
Faa:MKN
Pushpin Map:Texas
Pushpin Label:MKN
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Type:Public
Owner:City of Comanche / Comanche County
City-Served:Comanche, Texas
Elevation-F:1,387
Elevation-M:423
Coordinates:31.9203°N -98.5992°W
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-F:4,497
R1-Length-M:1,371
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2021
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 5/21/2021)
Stat1-Data:9,200
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:14
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Comanche County–City Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles (2.3 mi, 3.7 km) northeast of the central business district of Comanche, a city in Comanche County, Texas, United States. It is owned by the City of Comanche and Comanche County. The airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned MKN by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MKN to Malekolon, Papua New Guinea[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Comanche County–City Airport covers an area of 85acres at an elevation of 1,387 feet (423 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,497 by 75 feet (1,371 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 21, 2021, the airport had 9,200 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day. At that time there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 13 single-engine, and 1 multi-engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 5 October 2023.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
  3. Web site: Comanche County–City Airport (FAA: MKN, ICAO: KMKN) . Great Circle Mapper . 20 July 2011.
  4. Web site: Malekolon, Papua New Guinea (IATA: MKN) . . 20 July 2011.

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