McMinnville Municipal Airport

McMinnville Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of McMinnville
Serves McMinnville, Oregon
Elevation AMSL 163 ft / 50 m
Coordinates 45°11′40″N 123°08′10″W / 45.19444°N 123.13611°W / 45.19444; -123.13611
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 5,420 1,652 Asphalt
17/35 4,340 1,323 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 63,500
Based aircraft 132

McMinnville Municipal Airport (ICAO: KMMV, FAA LID: MMV) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of McMinnville, a city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[2]

McMinnville Municipal Airport location, on Oregon Route 18, serves as the home to Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum. The Museum is home to the Hughes H-4 Hercules or Spruce Goose.

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned MMV by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

McMinnville Municipal Airport covers an area of 650 acres (260 ha) at an elevation of 163 feet (50 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 is 5,420 by 150 feet (1,652 x 46 m) and 17/35 is 4,340 by 75 feet (1,323 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 16, 2009, the airport had 63,500 aircraft operations, an average of 173 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 132 aircraft based at this airport: 66.7% single-engine, 8.3% multi-engine, 3.8% jet, 8.3% helicopter and 12.9% glider.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for MMV (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
  2. ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine.. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "McMinnville Municipal Airport (ICAO: KMMV, FAA: MMV)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
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