Meriden Markham Municipal Airport
| Meriden Markham Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: KMMK – FAA LID: MMK | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Meriden | ||||||||||
| Location | Meriden, Connecticut | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 103 ft / 31 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°30′31″N 072°49′46″W / 41.50861°N 72.82944°W | ||||||||||
| Website | MMK Website | ||||||||||
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| Statistics (2002) | |||||||||||
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Meriden Markham Municipal Airport (ICAO: KMMK, FAA LID: MMK) is a public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Meriden, a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. This general aviation airport is owned by City of Meriden.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Meriden Markham Municipal Airport is assigned MMK by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned MMK to Murmansk Airport in Murmansk, Russia).[2][3]
History
The history of the airport goes back to at least 1928 when Ernest L. Markham was named the first airport manager; on 14 July 1962 the airport was renamed in honor of Markham for his 32 years of dedicated service.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
Meriden Markham Municipal Airport covers an area of 157 acres (64 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (18/36) measuring 3,100 x 75 ft (945 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2007, the airport had 18,028 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 97% local general aviation, 1% transient general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. There are 70 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single engine, 3% multi-engine and 1% helicopters.[1]
The Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol Silver City Cadet Squadron (NER-CT-014) operates out of the airport.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for MMK (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
- ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KMMK – Meriden, Connecticut (Meriden Markham Municipal Airport)
- ↑ Great Circle Mapper: MMK / ULMM – Murmansk, Russia
- ↑ "Meriden Markham Airport (official website)". Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ↑ http://ct014.ctwg.cap.gov/ Civil Air Patrol 014th
External links
- Meriden Markham Airport (official website)
- Meriden Aviation Services, Inc. (fixed-base operator)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MMK, effective April 28, 2016
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MMK
- AirNav airport information for KMMK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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