Ocean County Airport | |
Iata: | MJX |
Icao: | KMJX |
Faa: | MJX |
Type: | Public |
Opened: | 1968 |
Owner: | County of Ocean |
City-Served: | Ocean County |
Location: | Berkeley Township, New Jersey Lacey Township, New Jersey |
Elevation-F: | 86 |
Elevation-M: | 26 |
Coordinates: | 39.9275°N -74.2925°W |
Website: | Ocean County Airport |
Mapframe: | yes |
R1-Number: | 6/24 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,950 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,814 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 14/32 |
R2-Length-F: | 3,599 |
R2-Length-M: | 1,097 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
H1-Number: | H1 |
H1-Length-F: | 100 |
H1-Length-M: | 30 |
H1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2022 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 10/31/2022) |
Stat1-Data: | 38,550 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 64 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Robert J. Miller Air Park, also known as the Ocean County Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. It is located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) southwest of the central business district of Toms River, New Jersey.
Opened in 1968 as the Ocean County Air-Park, the airport is named after Ocean County Freeholder Robert J. Miller, who worked to expand the airport while in office. Miller died in 1969 in an accident that occurred at the airport; it was named after him in 1970.[2]
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[3]
The airport covers an area of 822 acres (333 ha) at an elevation of 86 feet (26 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt runways designated 6/24 (measuring 5,950 by 100 feet or 1,814 x 30 m) and 14/32 (measuring 3,599 by 75 feet or 1,097 x 23 m). It also has a helipad designated H1 (measuring 100 by 100 feet or 30 x 30 m).[4]
For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2022, the airport had 38,550 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 106 per day. At that time there were 64 aircraft based at this airport: 53 single-engine, 8 multi-engine, 1 jet, and 2 helicopter.