| Midwest National Air Center | |||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: KGPH – FAA LID: GPH
KGPH
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Clay County Commission | ||
| Serves | Clay County, Missouri | ||
| Location | Mosby / Excelsior Springs | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 777 ft / 237 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 18/36 | 5,504 | 1,678 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 25,520 | ||
| Based aircraft | 53 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Midwest National Air Center (ICAO: KGPH, FAA LID: GPH) is a public-use airport in Clay County, Missouri, United States.[1] The airport is located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of Mosby,[1] near Excelsior Springs.[2][3] It is owned by the Clay County Commission[1] and was formerly known as Clay County Regional Airport.
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[4]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned GPH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[5]
Midwest National Air Center covers an area of 573 acres (232 ha) at an elevation of 777 feet (237 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,504 by 100 feet (1,678 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2010, the airport had 25,520 aircraft operations, an average of 69 per day: 90% general aviation, 10% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 53 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, 6% jet, and 2% helicopter.[1]