Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (Michigan)

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Coordinates: 43°37′18″N 084°44′15″W / 43.62167, -84.7375

Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport
IATA: MOP – ICAO: KMOP – FAA: MOP
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Mt. Pleasant
Location		Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Elevation AMSL		755 ft / 230 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
5/23	2,500	762	Turf
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			23,415
Based aircraft			30
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (IATA: MOP, ICAO: KMOP, FAA LID: MOP) is a city-owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) northeast of the central business district of Mount Pleasant, a city in Isabella County, Michigan, United States.^[1] The airport became active in 1940. It serves general aviation for Mount Pleasant and the surrounding area. There is no scheduled air service.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport covers an area of 344 acres (139 ha) which contains two runways^[1]:

Runway 9/27: 5,000 x 100 ft. (1,524 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 5/23: 2,500 x 160 ft. (762 x 49 m), Surface: Turf

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 23,415 aircraft operations, an average of 64 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi and <1% military. There are 30 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 10% multi-engine and 3% ultralight.^[1]