Mexico Memorial Airport

Mexico Memorial Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KMYJ – FAA LID: MYJ KMYJ Location of airport in Missouri
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Mexico
Serves		Mexico, Missouri
Elevation AMSL		823 ft / 251 m
Coordinates		39°09′27″N 091°49′06″W / 39.1575°N 91.81833°W / 39.1575; -91.81833
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
6/24	5,501	1,677	Concrete
18/36	3,199	975	Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations			12,200
Based aircraft			35
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Mexico Memorial Airport (ICAO: KMYJ, FAA LID: MYJ) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Mexico, a city in Audrain County, Missouri, United States.^[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.^[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned MYJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA^[3] (which assigned MYJ to Matsuyama Airport in Japan^[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Mexico Memorial Airport covers an area of 290 acres (120 ha) at an elevation of 823 feet (251 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 6/24 is 5,501 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m) with a concrete surface and 18/36 is 3,199 by 50 feet (975 x 15 m) with an asphalt and concrete surface.^[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2010, the airport had 12,200 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 89% general aviation, 11% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 35 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 17% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for MYJ (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
2. ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 3 (PDF, 1.28 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
3. ^ "Mexico Memorial Airport (ICAO: KMYJ, FAA: MYJ)". Great Circle Mapper. http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KMYJ. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 
4. ^ "Matsuyama Airport, Japan (IATA: MYJ, ICAO: RJOM)". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=MYJ. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 

External links

• Mexico Memorial (MYJ)PDF at Missouri DOT
• Aerial image as of 3 April 1995 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for MYJ, effective 20 October 2011
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for MYJ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for MYJ