Mount Comfort Airport

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Coordinates: 39°50′37″N 085°53′49″W / 39.84361, -85.89694

Mount Comfort Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KMQJ – FAA: MQJ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Indianapolis Airport Authority
Serves		Indianapolis, Indiana
Location		Greenfield / McCordsville
Elevation AMSL		862 ft / 263 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
7/25	5,500	1,676	Concrete
16/34	3,901	1,189	Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			44,026
Based aircraft			139
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Mount Comfort Airport (ICAO: KMQJ, FAA LID: MQJ) is a public airport located 8 miles northwest^[2] of Greenfield and 4 miles southwest^[3] of McCordsville, in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. Also located 12 miles (19 km) east of the central business district of Indianapolis, it is owned by the Indianapolis Airport Authority and serves as a reliever airport for Indianapolis International Airport.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Mount Comfort Airport is assigned MQJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[4]

The airport is home to the Indianapolis Air Show.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Mount Comfort Airport covers an area of 1,805 acres (730 ha) which contains two concrete paved runways: 7/25 at 5,500 x 100 ft. (1,676 x 30 m) and 16/34 measuring 3,901 x 75 ft. (1,189 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 25, 2006, the airport had 44,026 aircraft operations, an average of 120 per day: 84% general aviation, 16% air taxi and <1% military. There are 139 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, 1% jet, 1% helicopter and 1% glider.^[1]