Delaware County Regional Airport | |
Iata: | MIE |
Icao: | KMIE |
Faa: | MIE |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Delaware County Airport Authority |
City-Served: | Muncie, Indiana |
Elevation-F: | 937 |
Coordinates: | 40.2425°N -85.3958°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 150 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Indiana/United States |
Pushpin Label: | MIE |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
R1-Number: | 14/32 |
R1-Length-F: | 6,500 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 3/21 |
R2-Length-F: | 5,198 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2010 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 23,644 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 22 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Delaware County Regional Airport[2] is in Delaware County, Indiana three miles northwest of Muncie. Owned by the Delaware County Airport Authority, it was formerly Delaware County Airport and Johnson Field.[3] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.
The airport covers 963 acres (390 ha) at an elevation of 937 feet (286 m). It has two asphalt runways: 14/32 is 6,500 by 150 feet (1,981 x 46 m) and 3/21 is 5,198 by 100 feet (1,584 x 30 m).
In 2010 the airport had 23,644 aircraft operations, average 64 per day: 95% general aviation, 3% military, 2% air taxi, and 0% airline. It was home base to 22 aircraft: 86.5% single-engine, 4.5% multi-engine, 4.5% jet, and 4.5% helicopter.
Airline flights started in 1958—Lake Central DC-3s. In 1981 Allegheny Commuter flew to Chicago-O'Hare and Indianapolis.[4] [5] By 1985 flights to Chicago were on Britt Airways[6] and Indianapolis flights had ended. Great Lakes Airlines operated flights to and from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in the 1990s.