Philadelphia Municipal Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Philadelphia | ||||||||||
| Serves | Philadelphia, Mississippi | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 458 ft / 140 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°47′57″N 089°07′34″W / 32.79917°N 89.12611°W | ||||||||||
| Website | http://www.philadelphiathecity.com/philadelphia-municipal-airport | ||||||||||
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  MPE Location of airport in Mississippi  MPE MPE (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Philadelphia Municipal Airport (ICAO: KMPE, FAA LID: MPE) is a public use airport in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States.[1] It is owned by the City of Philadelphia and located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of its central business district.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MPE by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MPE to Griswold Airport in Madison, Connecticut).[4]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Philadelphia Municipal Airport covers an area of 60 acres (24 ha) at an elevation of 458 feet (140 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending February 3, 2023, the airport had 9,552 aircraft operations, an average of 26 per day: 99% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 6 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, and 2 jet.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f FAA Airport Form 5010 for MPE PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 30, 2023.
- ^ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27.
- ^ "Philadelphia Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KMPE, FAA: MPE)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (MPE – City: Madison, Airport: Griswold)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
External links
[edit]- Aerial image as of March 1996 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MPE, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MPE
- AirNav airport information for MPE
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for MPE