McKinley National Park Airport

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Coordinates: 63°43′57″N 148°54′38″W / 63.7325, -148.91056

McKinley National Park Airport

IATA: MCL – ICAO: PAIN – FAA: INR
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner U.S. National Park Service
Serves McKinley Park, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 1,720 ft / 524 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 3,000 914 Gravel
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 3,200
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

McKinley National Park Airport (IATA: MCL, ICAO: PAIN, FAA LID: INR, formerly 5MK) is a public-use airport located two miles (3 km) northeast of McKinley Park, in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States. It is owned by the U.S. National Park Service[1] and is located at the Denali National Park and Preserve (previously Mount McKinley National Park).

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, McKinley National Park Airport is assigned INR by the FAA and MCL by the IATA.[2] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAIN[3].

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

McKinley National Park Airport has one runway (16/34) with a 3,000 x 68 ft. (914 x 21 m) gravel surface. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 3,200 aircraft operations, an average of 8 per day: 69% general aviation and 31% air taxi.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for INR (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: MCL / PAIN - McKinley Park, Alaska (McKinley National Park Airport)
  3. ^ FAA: Alaska Identifiers

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