Mankato Regional Airport

Mankato Regional Airport
IATA: MKT – ICAO: KMKT – FAA LID: MKT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Mankato
Location	Mankato, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL	1,020 ft / 311 m
Coordinates	44°13′18″N 093°55′07″W / 44.22167°N 93.91861°W
Map
MKT MKT Location of airport in Minnesota/United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 6,600 2,012 Concrete 4/22 3,999 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 85,500 Based aircraft 53
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Mankato Regional Airport (IATA: MKT, ICAO: KMKT, FAA LID: MKT) is a public airport located five miles (8 km) northeast of the central business district of Mankato, a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. This airport is publicly owned by City of Mankato.^[1] The airport is home to Northstar Aviation (FBO) and Minnesota State University's flight training program.

Facilities and aircraft

Mankato Regional Airport covers an area of 900 acres (360 ha) which contains two runways:^[1]

• Runway 4/22: 3,999 x 75 ft (1,219 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 15/33: 6,600 x 100 ft (2,012 x 30 m), Surface: Concrete (Expanded from 5,400 feet (1,600 m) in 2007)

For 12-month period ending 31 August 2009 the airport had 85,500 aircraft operations, an average of 234 per day: 97% general aviation (83,000), 2% air taxi (2,000) and 1% military (500).^[1] There are 53 aircraft based at this airport: 41 single engine, 6 multi engine, 3 ultralights, 2 jet aircraft and 1 helicopters.^[1]

References

1. FAA Airport Master Record for MKT (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 11 January 2011

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MKT
  • AirNav airport information for KMKT
  • ASN accident history for MKT
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures