Mount Airy/Surry County Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Mount Airy & Surry County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mount Airy, North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,249 ft / 381 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°27′35″N 080°33′11″W / 36.45972°N 80.55306°W | ||||||||||
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  MWK Location of airport in North Carolina | |||||||||||
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Mount Airy/Surry County Airport (ICAO: KMWK, FAA LID: MWK) is a public use airport located in the unincorporated Holly Springs community three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Mount Airy, a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. The airport is owned by the city and county.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MWK by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MWK to Matak-Tarempa Airport in the Anambas Islands, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia).[4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KMWK.[5]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Mount Airy/Surry County Airport covers an area of 147 acres (59 ha) at an elevation of 1,249 feet (381 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 75 feet (1,311 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 6, 2009, the airport had 17,200 aircraft operations, an average of 47 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 39 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, and 8% jet.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for MWK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
- ^ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27.
- ^ "Mount Airy/Surry County Airport (ICAO: KMWK, FAA: MWK, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^ "Matak-Tarempa Airport, Indonesia (IATA: MWK, ICAO: WIOM)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^ "Mount Airy/Surry County – MWK (KMWK)". Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
External links
[edit]- "Mount Airy/Surry County Airport (MWK)" (PDF). at North Carolina DOT airport guide
- Aerial image as of March 1998 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MWK, effective December 26, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MWK
- AirNav airport information for KMWK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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