White County Airport

White County Airport (ICAO: KMCX, FAA LID: MCX) is a public use airport in White County, Indiana, United States.[1] It is owned by the White County Board of Aviation Commissioners and located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Monticello, Indiana.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

White County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerWhite County BOAC
ServesMonticello, Indiana
Elevation AMSL676 ft / 206 m
Coordinates40°42′32″N 086°46′00″W
Map
MCX
Location of airport in Indiana/United States
MCX
MCX (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 4,002 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations15,180
Based aircraft22

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MCX by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MCX to Uytash Airport in Makhachkala, Russia).[4][5]

Facilities and aircraft

White County Airport covers an area of 51 acres (21 ha) at an elevation of 676 feet (206 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,002 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 15,180 aircraft operations, an average of 41 per day: 87% general aviation and 13% air taxi. At that time there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 9% glider, and 5% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for MCX (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  3. "White County Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KMCX, FAA: MCX)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  4. "IATA Airport Code Search (MCX – City: Makhachkala, Airport: Uytash)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  5. "Makhachkala Airport, Russia (IATA: MCX, ICAO: URML)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
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