Indianapolis Regional Airport

Coordinates: 39°50′37″N 085°53′49″W / 39.84361°N 85.89694°W / 39.84361; -85.89694

Indianapolis Regional Airport (a.k.a Mount Comfort Airport)
IATA: none – ICAO: KMQJ – FAA LID: MQJ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Indianapolis Airport Authority
Serves		Indianapolis, Indiana
Location		Greenfield / McCordsville
Elevation AMSL		862 ft / 263 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
7/25	5,500	1,676	Concrete
16/34	3,901	1,189	Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			44,026
Based aircraft			139
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Indianapolis Regional Airport (formerly named Mount Comfort Airport) (ICAO: KMQJ, FAA LID: MQJ) is a public airport located 8 miles (13 km) northwest^[2] of Greenfield and 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest^[3] of McCordsville, in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. Also located 12 miles (19 km) east of the central business district of Indianapolis, it is owned by the Indianapolis Airport Authority and serves as a reliever airport for Indianapolis International Airport.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Indianapolis Regional Airport is assigned MQJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[4]

The airport is home to the Indianapolis Air Show.

Facilities and aircraft

Indianapolis Regional Airport covers an area of 1,805 acres (730 ha) which contains two concrete paved runways: 7/25 at 5,500 feet (1,700 m) x 100 feet (30 m) and 16/34 measuring 3,901 feet (1,189 m) x 75 feet (23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 25, 2006, the airport had 44,026 aircraft operations, an average of 120 per day: 84% general aviation, 16% air taxi and <1% military. There are 139 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, 1% jet, 1% helicopter and 1% glider.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for MQJ (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
2. ^ Distance from Greenfield to KMQJ as calculated by Great Circle Mapper
3. ^ Distance from McCordsville to KMQJ as calculated by Great Circle Mapper
4. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KMQJ - Indianapolis, Indiana - Mount Comfort Airport

External links

• Mount Comfort Airport, official page from Indianapolis Airport Authority
• Indy Jet, the fixed base operator (FBO)
• Aerial photo from Indiana Department of Transportation
• FAA Terminal Procedures for MQJ, effective 20 October 2011
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for MQJ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for MQJ