Comanche County–City Airport

Comanche County–City Airport (ICAO: KMKN, FAA LID: MKN) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (2.3 mi, 3.7 km) northeast of the central business district of Comanche, a city in Comanche County, Texas, United States. It is owned by the City of Comanche and Comanche County.[1] The airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Comanche County–City Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Comanche / Comanche County
ServesComanche, Texas
Elevation AMSL1,385 ft / 422 m
Coordinates31°55′13″N 098°35′57″W
Map
MKN
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 4,500 1,372 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations6,300
Based aircraft20

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned MKN by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MKN to Malekolon, Papua New Guinea[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Comanche County–City Airport covers an area of 85 acres (34 ha) at an elevation of 1,385 feet (422 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,500 by 75 feet (1,372 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 6, 2008, the airport had 6,300 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day. At that time there were 20 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, and 10% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for MKN PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB) Archived September 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
  3. "Comanche County–City Airport (FAA: MKN, ICAO: KMKN)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  4. "Malekolon, Papua New Guinea (IATA: MKN)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
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