Miller Municipal Airport Explained

Miller Municipal Airport
Icao:KMKA
Faa:MKA
Type:Public
Owner:City of Miller
City-Served:Miller, South Dakota
Elevation-F:1,570
Coordinates:44.5253°N -98.9581°W
Pushpin Map:USA South Dakota#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in South Dakota
Pushpin Label:MKA
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:15/33
R1-Length-F:3,601
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2022
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 08/24/2022)
Stat1-Data:7,260
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:7
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Miller Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) east of the central business district of Miller, a city in Hand County, South Dakota, United States. It is included in the 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 airport is assigned MKA by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MKA to Marianske Lazne Airport in Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic).[4] [5]

Facilities and aircraft

Miller Municipal Airport covers an area of 252 acres (102 ha) at an elevation of 1,570 feet (479 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,601 by 60 feet (1,098 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 24, 2022, the airport had 7,260 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 20 per day. At that time there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: all single-engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 7, 2023.
  2. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . September 27, 2012 .
  3. Web site: Miller Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KMKA, FAA: MKA) . Great Circle Mapper . June 9, 2013 .
  4. Web site: IATA Airport Code Search (MKA: Marianske Lazne) . . June 9, 2013 .
  5. Web site: Mariánské Lázne Airport, Czech Republic (IATA: MKA, ICAO: LKMR) . . June 9, 2013 .

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