McCall Municipal Airport

McCall Municipal Airport

Final approach to runway 16 in 2011
IATA: MYL – ICAO: KMYL – FAA LID: MYL
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of McCall
Serves McCall, Idaho
Elevation AMSL 5,024 ft / 1,531 m
Coordinates 44°53′19″N 116°06′06″W / 44.88861°N 116.10167°W / 44.88861; -116.10167
Website McCall.id.us
Map
MYL

Location of airport in Idaho

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 6,108 1,862 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 43,600
Based aircraft 94

McCall Municipal Airport (IATA: MYL, ICAO: KMYL, FAA LID: MYL) is a city-owned public-use airport located in McCall, a city in Valley County, Idaho, United States.[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

It is home to a U.S. Forest Service smokejumper base, one of eight in the nation.

The airport was the site of a fatal crash in 2008 on May 2, when two single-engine planes collided on final approach to runway 34 and exploded, resulting in three deaths.[3][4]

The USFS Smokejumper Firefighting Base

Facilities and aircraft

McCall Municipal Airport covers an area of 197 acres (80 ha) at an elevation of 5,024 feet (1,531 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,108 by 75 feet (1,862 by 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 13, 2010, the airport had 43,600 aircraft operations, an average of 119 per day: 84% general aviation, 16% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 94 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 3% jet, and 1% helicopter.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for MYL (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
  3. ↑ NTSB.gov - probable cause of accident of 2008-05-02 - accessed 2009-07-31
  4. ↑ "Planes collide in McCall; three die". Lewiston Tribune (Idaho). Associated Press. May 4, 2008. p. 2C.

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