Marco Island Airport

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Marco Island Airport Marco Island Executive Airport
IATA: MRK – ICAO: KMKY – FAA: MKY
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Collier County Arpt. Auth.
Serves		Marco Island, Florida
Location		Naples, Florida
Elevation AMSL		5 ft / 2 m
Coordinates		25°59′42″N, 081°40′21″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
Statistics (1998)
Aircraft operations			14,580
Based aircraft			36
Source: FAA^[1] and airport website^[2]

Marco Island Airport (IATA: MRK, ICAO: KMKY, FAA LID: MKY), also known as Marco Island Executive Airport, is a public airport located in the city of Naples in Collier County, Florida, four miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Marco Island. This airport is publicly owned by Collier County. ^[1] ^[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Marco Island Airport is assigned MKY by the FAA and MRK by the IATA (which assigned MKY to Mackay Airport in Mackay, Queensland, Australia). The airport's ICAO identifier is KMKY. ^[3] ^[4]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Marco Island Airport covers an area of 140 acres (57 ha) and contains one asphalt runway (17/35): 5,000 x 100 ft. (1,524 x 30 m).^[1]

For 12-month period ending August 25, 1998, the airport had 14,580 aircraft operations, an average of 39 per day: 99% general aviation (14,560) and 1% military (20). There are 36 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single engine (30), 8% multi engine (3), 6% jet aircraft (2) and 3% helicopters (1).^[1]