39°52′51″N 080°44′09″W / 39.88083°N 80.73583°W
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Marshall County Commission | ||||||||||
| Serves | Moundsville, West Virginia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,214 ft / 370 m | ||||||||||
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Marshall County Airport (ICAO: KMPG, FAA LID: MPG, formerly 74D) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Moundsville, a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States. The airport is owned by the Marshall County Commission.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Marshall County Airport is assigned MPG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned MPG to Makini, Papua New Guinea[3]).
Facilities and aircraft
Marshall County Airport covers an area of 96 acres (39 ha) which contains one runway designated 6/24 with a 3,302 x 60 ft (1,006 x 18 m) asphalt surface. Situated in rugged mountain terrain, the airport site is a removed mountaintop with steep slopes to all sides. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 19,300 aircraft operations, an average of 52 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% military and <1% air taxi.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for MPG PDF, effective 2007-12-20
- ↑ KMPG - Marshall County Airport - Moundsville, West Virginia at Great Circle Mapper
- ↑ MPG - Makini, Papua New Guinea at Great Circle Mapper
External links
- Marshall County Airport at West Virginia Airport Directory
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MPG
- AirNav airport information for MPG
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for MPG