Mexico Memorial Airport (ICAO: KMYJ, FAA LID: MYJ) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Mexico, a city in Audrain County, Missouri, United States.[1] 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.[2]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Mexico, Missouri | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 823 ft / 251 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°09′27″N 091°49′06″W / 39.15750°N 91.81833°W | ||||||||||||||
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Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned MYJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MYJ to Matsuyama Airport in Japan[4]).
Facilities and aircraft
editMexico Memorial Airport covers an area of 290 acres (120 ha) at an elevation of 823 feet (251 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 6/24 is 5,501 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m) with a concrete surface and 18/36 is 3,199 by 50 feet (975 x 15 m) with an asphalt and concrete surface.[1]
For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2010, the airport had 12,200 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 89% general aviation, 11% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 35 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 17% multi-engine, and 3% helicopter.[1]
Zenith Aircraft Company designs, develops and manufactures kit aircraft. The company was founded in 1992 and is located at the airport. In 2017 the company celebrated its 25th anniversary.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for MYJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 3 (PDF, 1.28 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
- ^ "Mexico Memorial Airport (ICAO: KMYJ, FAA: MYJ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ "Matsuyama Airport, Japan (IATA: MYJ, ICAO: RJOM)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ Heintz, Sebastien (September 11, 2017). "Zenith Aircraft Company to celebrate 25th Anniversary". Retrieved February 27, 2020.
External links
edit- "Mexico Memorial (MYJ)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2010-09-21. at Missouri DOT
- Aerial image as of 3 April 1995 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MYJ, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MYJ
- AirNav airport information for MYJ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for MYJ
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