Iowa County Airport (ICAO: KMRJ, FAA LID: MRJ) is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Mineral Point, a city in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[2]
Iowa County Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Iowa County | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Mineral Point, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,171 ft / 357 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°53′13″N 090°14′12″W / 42.88694°N 90.23667°W | ||||||||||||||
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  MRJ Location of airport in Wisconsin  MRJ MRJ (the United States) | |||||||||||||||
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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 MRJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MRJ to Marcala Airport in Marcala, Honduras).[4]
Facilities and aircraft edit
Iowa County Airport covers an area of 383 acres (155 ha) at an elevation of 1,171 feet (357 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: the primary runway 11/29 is 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m) and the crosswind runway 4/22 is 3,600 by 60 feet (1,097 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 22, 2021, the airport had 6,750 aircraft operations, an average of 18 per day: 82% general aviation, 11% air taxi and 7% military. In April 2024, there were 31 aircraft based at this airport: 26 single-engine, 2 multi-engine and 3 helicopter.[1]
Cargo operations edit
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Freight Runners Express | Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dells |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for MRJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 18, 2024.
- ^ "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ "Iowa County Airport (ICAO: KMRJ, FAA: MRJ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ "Marcala Airport, Honduras (IATA: MRJ, ICAO: MHMA)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
External links edit
- Airport page at Iowa County website
- "Iowa County (MRJ)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-15. at Wisconsin DOT Airport Directory
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MRJ, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MRJ
- AirNav airport information for KMRJ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures