Macomb Municipal Airport

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Coordinates: 40°31′12″N 090°39′09″W / 40.52, -90.6525

Macomb Municipal Airport
IATA: MQB – ICAO: KMQB – FAA: MQB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Macomb Airport Authority
Location		Macomb, Illinois
Elevation AMSL		707 ft / 215 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	5,101	1,555	Asphalt
18/36	3,719	1,134	Turf
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			9,000
Based aircraft			31
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Macomb Municipal Airport (IATA: MQB, ICAO: KMQB, FAA LID: MQB) is a public airport located three statute miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Macomb, a city in McDonough County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the Macomb Airport Authority.^[1]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Macomb Municipal Airport covers an area of 360 acres (146 ha) which contains two runways: 9/27 with an asphalt pavement measuring 5,100 x 100 ft (1,555 x 30 m) and 18/36 with a turf surface measuring 3,719 x 190 ft (1,134 x 58 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 9,000 aircraft operations, an average of 24 per day: 72% general aviation and 28% air taxi. There are 31 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine and 23% multi-engine.^[1]