Taylor County Airport (Wisconsin)

Taylor County Airport (IATA: MDF, ICAO: KMDZ, FAA LID: MDZ) is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Medford, a city in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

Taylor County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTaylor County
LocationMedford, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL1,478 ft / 450 m
Coordinates45°06′05″N 090°18′03″W
Websiteco.taylor.wi.us/...
Map
MDZ
Location of airport in Wisconsin, United States
MDZ
MDZ (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
16/34 4,435 1,352 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2019)7,020
Based aircraft (2020)14

It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, in which it is categorized as a basic general aviation facility.[2] Although no commercial airlines service the airport, it does serve general aviation traffic including business and leisure fliers. Hangars are available for lease and fuel is also available.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MDZ by the FAA and MDF by the IATA[3] (which assigned MDZ to El Plumerillo Airport in Mendoza, Argentina[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Taylor County Airport covers an area of 490 acres (200 ha) at an elevation of 1,478 feet (450 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 6,000 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30m) with approved GPS approaches and 16/34 is 4,435 by 75 feet (1,352 x 23 m) also with approved GPS approaches.

For the 12-month period ending June 26, 2019, the airport had 7,020 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% air taxi and less than 1% military. In June 2020, there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: all 14 single-engine.[5]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for MDZ (Form 5010 PDF), effective June 18, 2020.
  2. "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  3. Great Circle Mapper: MDF / KMDZ - Medford, Wisconsin (Taylor County Airport)
  4. Great Circle Mapper: MDZ / SAME - Mendoza, Argentina (El Plumerillo Airport)
  5. http://www.airnav.com/airports/kmdz



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