Mooreland Municipal Airport Explained

Mooreland Municipal Airport
Icao:KMDF
Faa:MDF
Type:Public
Owner:City of Mooreland
City-Served:Mooreland, Oklahoma
Elevation-F:1,970
Coordinates:36.4847°N -99.1942°W
Pushpin Map:USA Oklahoma#USA
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Oklahoma
Pushpin Label:MDF
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-F:3,500
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2008
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:250
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:10
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Mooreland Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of Mooreland, a city in Woodward County, Oklahoma, 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 most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MDF by the FAA, but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MDF to Taylor County Airport in Medford, Wisconsin).[4] [5]

Facilities and aircraft

Mooreland Municipal Airport covers an area of 80 acres (32 ha) at an elevation of 1,970 feet (600 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,500 by 60 feet (1,067 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending November 19, 2008, the airport had 250 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 20 per month. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  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: Mooreland Municipal Airport (FAA: MDF, ICAO: KMDF, IATA: none) . Great Circle Mapper . December 16, 2012.
  4. Web site: Medford Airport, Wisconsin (IATA: MDF) . Aviation Safety Network . December 16, 2012.
  5. Web site: IATA Airport Code Search (MDF: Medford) . . December 16, 2012.

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