Mankato Regional Airport

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Mankato Regional Airport
IATA: MKT – ICAO: KMKT – FAA: MKT
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Mankato
Location		Mankato, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL		1,020 ft / 311 m
Coordinates		44°13′18″N, 093°55′07″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	3,999	1,219	Asphalt
15/33	6,600	2,012	Asphalt
Statistics (2002)
Aircraft operations			85,500
Based aircraft			71
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Mankato Regional Airport (IATA: MKT, ICAO: KMKT, FAA LID: MKT) is a public airport located five miles (8 km) northeast of the central business district of Mankato, a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. This airport is publicly owned by City of Mankato.^[1]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Mankato Regional Airport covers an area of 900 acres (364 ha) which contains two runways:^[1]

Runway 4/22: 3,999 x 75 ft. (1,219 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 15/33: 6,600 x 100 ft. (2,012 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt (Expanded from 5,400 feet in 2007)

For 12-month period ending 04/30/2002 the airport had 85,500 aircraft operations, an average of 234 per day: 97% general aviation (83,000), 2% air taxi (2,000) and 1% military (500).^[1] There are 71 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single engine (58), 10% multi engine (7), 4% ultralights (3), 3% jet aircraft (2) and 1% helicopters (1).^[1]