Murfreesboro Municipal Airport

Murfreesboro Municipal Airport

USGS aerial image, March 1997
IATA: none – ICAO: KMBT – FAA LID: MBT
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator City of Murfreesboro
Serves Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Elevation AMSL 614 ft / 187 m
Coordinates 35°52′39″N 086°22′39″W / 35.87750°N 86.37750°WCoordinates: 35°52′39″N 086°22′39″W / 35.87750°N 86.37750°W
Website MurfreesboroTN.gov/...
Map
MBT

Location of airport in Tennessee

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 3,898 1,188 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 41,900
Based aircraft 117

Murfreesboro Municipal Airport (ICAO: KMBT, FAA LID: MBT) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Murfreesboro, a city in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2] Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MBT by the FAA,[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MBT to Masbate Airport in the Philippines).[4]

It is also the home of the Middle Tennessee State University Aerospace Department, which has one of the largest university Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI) programs in the country, and their aircraft and simulators. Aircraft owned by MTSU include a Boeing 727, 19 Diamond DA-40s, three Piper PA-28R Arrows, two Piper PA-44 Seminoles, three Cessna 152s, a Piper Super Cub, a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, a Beechcraft King Air 200, a Cessna T-41, and a Cessna 172RG.[5]

The Murfreesboro Municipal Airport is one of the only general aviation airports in the State of Tennessee that does not receive tax payer money.[6] The money used to maintain the airport is entirely generated by leases and fuel sales.

In 2007 the airport won the "Tennessee Airport of the Year" award.

Facilities and aircraft

Murfreesboro Municipal Airport covers an area of 225 acres (91 ha) at an elevation of 614 feet (187 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,898 by 100 feet (1,188 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2011, the airport had 41,900 aircraft operations, an average of 114 per day: 99% general aviation, and <1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 117 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, and 1% ultralight.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 FAA Airport Master Record for MBT (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 25, 2011.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Murfreesboro Municipal Airport (ICAO: KMBT, FAA: MBT)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Masbate Airport (IATA: MBT, ICAO: RPVJ)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ "MTSU Aerospace: Airplanes". Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Airport". City of Murfreesboro. Retrieved December 11, 2013.

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