Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

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Laurinburg-Maxton Airport
IATA: MXE - ICAO: KMEB - FAA: MEB
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Laurinburg-Maxton Airport Commission
Serves Maxton, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL 220 ft (67.1 m)
Coordinates 34°47′31″N, 079°21′57″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 6,489 1,978 Concrete
13/31 3,753 1,144 Concrete

Laurinburg-Maxton Airport (IATA: MXE, ICAO: KMEB, FAA LID: MEB) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district (CBD) of Maxton and east of Laurinburg, both towns in Scotland County, North Carolina, USA. This general aviation airport covers 4,290 acres (1,736 ha) and has two runways. It is home of the United States Army Parachute team Golden Knights.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Laurinburg-Maxton Airport is assigned MEB[2] by the FAA and MXE[3] by the IATA (which assigned MEB to Essendon Airport in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[4]). The airport's ICAO identifier is KMEB.[3][5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Laurinburg-Maxton Airport (official site). Retrieved on 2006-12-24.
  2. ^ FAA Airport Master Record for MEB (Form 5010 PDF)
  3. ^ a b Great Circle Mapper: MXE/KMEB - Maxton, North Carolina (Laurinburg-Maxton Airport)
  4. ^ Great Circle Mapper: MEB/YMEN - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Essendon Airport)
  5. ^ AirNav: KMEB - Laurinburg-Maxton Airport

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