McCall Municipal Airport (IATA: MYL, ICAO: KMYL, FAA LID: MYL) is a city-owned public-use airport in the western United States, located in McCall, Idaho.[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
McCall Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | City of McCall | ||||||||||
Serves | McCall, Idaho | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 5,024 ft / 1,531 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°53′19″N 116°06′06″W / 44.88861°N 116.10167°W | ||||||||||
Website | McCall Airport | ||||||||||
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Location in the United States Location in Idaho | |||||||||||
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McCall is home to a U.S. Forest Service smokejumper base, one of seven in the nation.
The airport was the site of a fatal crash in 2008 on May 2, when two single-engine planes collided on final approach to runway 34 and exploded, resulting in three deaths.[3][4]
Facilities and aircraft
editMcCall Municipal Airport covers an area of 197 acres (0.80 km2) at an elevation of 5,024 feet (1,531 m) above sea level. It has one runway, aligned north-south and designated 16/34, with an asphalt surface measuring 6,108 by 75 feet (1,862 by 23 m).[1] The north end of the runway is about a mile (1.6 km) south of Payette Lake.
For the 12-month period ending August 13, 2010, the airport had 43,600 aircraft operations, an average of 119 per day: 84% general aviation, 16% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time, there were 94 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 3% jet, and 1% helicopter.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for MYL PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective February 4, 2017.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems Archived August 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB) Archived September 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Reports for accident of May 2, 2008". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ^ "Planes collide in McCall; three die". Lewiston Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. May 4, 2008. p. 2C.
External links
edit- McCall Municipal Airport at City of McCall website
- U.S. Forest Service – McCall Smokejumpers
- Aerial photo as of 4 September 1998 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MYL, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MYL
- AirNav airport information for KMYL
- ASN accident history for MYL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures