39°52′51″N 080°44′09″W / 39.88083°N 80.73583°W / 39.88083; -80.73583
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Marshall County Commission | ||||||||||
| Serves | Moundsville, West Virginia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,214 ft / 370 m | ||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||
Marshall County Airport (ICAO: KMPG, FAA LID: MPG, formerly 74D) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Moundsville, a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States. The airport is owned by the Marshall County Commission.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Marshall County Airport is assigned MPG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned MPG to Makini, Papua New Guinea).
Facilities and aircraft
Marshall County Airport covers an area of 96 acres (39 ha) which contains one runway designated 6/24 with a 3,302 x 60 ft (1,006 x 18 m) asphalt surface. Situated in rugged mountain terrain, the airport site is a removed mountaintop with steep slopes to all sides. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 19,300 aircraft operations, an average of 52 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% military and <1% air taxi.
See also
References
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for MPG PDF, effective 2007-12-20
- KMPG - Marshall County Airport - Moundsville, West Virginia at Great Circle Mapper
- MPG - Makini, Papua New Guinea at Great Circle Mapper
External links
- Marshall County Airport at West Virginia Airport Directory
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MPG
- AirNav airport information for MPG
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for MPG
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