| 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 / 36.45972; -80.55306 | ||||||||||
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  MWKLocation of airport in North Carolina | |||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||
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. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
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 but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned MWK to Matak-Tarempa Airport in the Anambas Islands, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia). The airport's ICAO identifier is KMWK.
Facilities and aircraft
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).
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.
See also
References
- ^ 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
- "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 November 28, 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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