Martin County Airport Explained

Martin County Airport
Icao:KMCZ
Faa:MCZ
Type:Public
Owner:County of Martin
City-Served:Williamston, North Carolina
Elevation-F:75
Coordinates:35.8622°N -77.1783°W
Pushpin Map:USA North Carolina
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in North Carolina
Pushpin Label:MCZ
Pushpin Label Position:left
R1-Number:3/21
R1-Length-F:5,000
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2021
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 5/30/2021)
Stat1-Data:12,500
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:14
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Martin County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Martin County, North Carolina, United States. It is located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) west of the central business district of Williamston, North Carolina. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MCZ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MCZ to Zumbi dos Palmares Airport in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil).[4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KMCZ.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Martin County Airport covers an area of 110 acres (45 ha) at an elevation of 75 feet (23 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2021, the airport had 12,500 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 96% general aviation and 4% military. 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 October 5, 2023.
  2. Book: Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. https://web.archive.org/web/20121027122636/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/index.cfm?sect=2011. 2012-10-27. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  3. Web site: Martin County Airport (ICAO: KMCZ, FAA: MCZ, IATA: none) . Great Circle Mapper . July 10, 2012 .
  4. Web site: Maceió-Zumbi dos Palmares Airport (IATA: MCZ, ICAO: SMBO) . Aviation Safety Network . July 10, 2012 .
  5. Web site: Martin County  - MCZ (KMCZ) . subscription . . July 10, 2012 .

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