Madison Municipal Airport (Indiana)

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Madison Municipal Airport
IATA: MDN – ICAO: KIMS – FAA: IMS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Madison BOAC
Serves		Madison, Indiana
Elevation AMSL		819 ft / 250 m
Coordinates		38°45′36″N 085°27′53″W / 38.76, -85.46472
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			43,882
Based aircraft			52
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Madison Municipal Airport (IATA: MDN, ICAO: KIMS, FAA LID: IMS) is a city-owned public-use airport located four miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Madison, a city in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Madison Municipal Airport is assigned IMS by the FAA and MDN by the IATA.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Madison Municipal Airport covers an area of 174 acres (70 ha) which contains one runway designated 3/21 with a 5,000 x 75 ft. (1,524 x 23 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending August 4, 2006, the airport had 43,882 aircraft operations, an average of 120 per day: 80% general aviation, 16% air taxi and 4% military. At that time there were 52 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 8% multi-engine and 2% jet.^[1]