Malta Airport | |
Iata: | MLK |
Faa: | M75 |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Phillips County Regional Airport Authority |
City-Served: | Malta, Montana |
Elevation-F: | 2,254 |
Coordinates: | 48.3669°N -107.9194°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Montana |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Montana |
Pushpin Label: | M75 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
R1-Number: | 8/26 |
R1-Length-F: | 4,500 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2012 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 4,100 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 13 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Malta Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northwest of the central business district of Malta, a city in Phillips County, Montana, United States. It is owned by the Phillips County Regional Airport Authority. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
The current airport was built between 1996[3] and 2000.[4] Malta Airport was formerly located at 48.3489°N -107.885°W,[5] which is now the site of a business and industry development district.[6]
Malta Airport covers an area of 280 acres (113 ha) at an elevation of 2,254 feet (687 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,500 by 75 feet (1,372 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending July 19, 2012, the airport had 4,100 aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day: 88% general aviation and 12% air taxi. At that time there were 13 single-engine aircraft based at this airport.