- Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport
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Coordinates: 40°49′17″N 82°31′0″W / 40.82139°N 82.516667°W
Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport 
IATA: MFD – ICAO: KMFD – FAA LID: MFD Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Mansfield Serves Mansfield, Ohio Elevation AMSL 1,297 ft / 395 m Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 9,000 2,744 Asphalt 5/23 6,795 2,071 Asphalt Helipads Number Length Surface ft m H2 24 7 Asphalt Statistics (2005) Aircraft operations 33,191 Based aircraft 80 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport (IATA: MFD, ICAO: KMFD, FAA LID: MFD) is a city-owned, joint civil-military, public-use airport located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Mansfield, a city in Richland County, Ohio, United States.[1]
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Airport facilities and aircraft utilization
Airport terminal building at MFD.
Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport covers an area of 2,340 acres (950 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 measuring 9,000 x 150 ft (2,744 x 46 m) and 5/23 measuring 6,795 x 150 ft (2,071 x 46 m). It also has one helipad with a 24 x 24 ft (7 x 7 m) asphalt surface.[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 33,191 aircraft operations, an average of 90 per day: 77% general aviation, 14% air taxi, 9% military and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 80 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 4% jet and 10% military.[1]
Military facilities
The airport is also home to the Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base and the 179th Airlift Wing (179 AW), an Ohio Air National Guard unit operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC). The unit consists of approximately 1000 personnel, of which approximately 300 are full-time Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) and Air Reserve Technician (ART) personnel and the remaining 760 are traditional part-time air national guardsmen. The wing has been active at Mansfield Lahm since its establishment in 1948, originally operating a variety of fighter aircraft until 1976 when it transitioned to an airlift mission with C-130 Hercules aircraft. The wing has performed service during Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Retiring their C-130's in 2009 the 179th currently flies the C-27 Spartan \[2][3]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for MFD (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/179th_Airlift_Wing
- ^ http://www.179aw.ang.af.mil/
External links
- Mansfield Lahm Airport at City of Mansfield website
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KMFD
- ASN accident history for MFD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KMFD
Categories:- Airports in Ohio
- Mansfield, Ohio
- Facilities of the United States Air National Guard
- Buildings and structures in Richland County, Ohio
- Transportation in Richland County, Ohio
- Midwestern United States airport stubs
- Ohio building and structure stubs
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