McCall Municipal Airport explained

McCall Municipal Airport
Faa:MYL
Iata:MYL
Icao:KMYL
Type:Public
Owner:City of McCall
City-Served:McCall, Idaho
Elevation-F:5,024
Coordinates:44.8886°N -116.1017°W
Pushpin Map:USA Idaho
Pushpin Label:MYL
Pushpin Mapsize:200px
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Idaho
R1-Number:16/34
R1-Length-F:6,108
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2015
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:43,600
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:97
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

McCall Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located in McCall, a city in Valley County, Idaho, United States. It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

It is home to a U.S. Forest Service smokejumper base, one of eight in the nation.

The airport was the site of a fatal crash in 2008 on May 2, when two single-engine planes collided on final approach to runway 34 and exploded, resulting in three deaths.[3] [4]

Facilities and aircraft

McCall Municipal Airport covers an area of 197acres at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 6108by.

For the 12-month period ending August 13, 2010, the airport had 43,600 aircraft operations, an average of 119 per day: 84% general aviation, 16% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 94 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 3% jet, and 1% helicopter.

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Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective February 4, 2017.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
  3. Web site: Reports for accident of May 2, 2008 . National Transportation Safety Board . July 30, 2020.
  4. News: Planes collide in McCall; three die . Lewiston Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . May 4, 2008 . 2C.