Foothills Regional Airport

IATA: MRN
ICAO: KMRN
FAA LID: MRN

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

Foothills Regional Airport Authority

Serves

Morganton, North Carolina, US

Elevation AMSL

1,270 ft / 387 m

Coordinates

35°49′13″N 081°36′41″W / 35.82028°N 81.61139°W

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	5,500	1,676	Asphalt

Statistics (2005)

Aircraft operations	17,000

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Foothills Regional Airport (formerly Morganton-Lenoir Airport) (IATA: MRN, ICAO: KMRN, FAA LID: MRN) is a public airport located six miles northeast of the City of Morganton, NC. It is owned by the Foothills Regional Airport Authority.^[1]

Facilities and Aircraft

The Foothills Regional Airport covers an area of 1,170 acres (473 ha) and contains one grooved asphalt paved runway: 3/21 measuring 5,500 ft × 75 ft (1,676 m × 23 m). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2005, the airport had 17,000 aircraft operations, an average of 46 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. There were 73 aircraft based on the field at that time.^[1]

References

1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for MRN (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2005-08-31

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