Malone-Dufort Airport

Malone-Dufort Airport (ICAO: KMAL, FAA LID: MAL) is two miles west of Malone, a village in the Town of Malone, Franklin County, New York.[1] The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Malone-Dufort Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTown of Malone
ServesMalone, New York
Elevation AMSL790 ft / 241 m
Coordinates44°51′13″N 074°19′44″W
Map
MAL
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
14/32 3,245 989 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations8,700
Based aircraft14

Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this facility is MAL to the FAA[1] and has no IATA code[3] (IATA assigned MAL to Mangole, Indonesia).[4]

The first airline flights were Colonial DC-3s in 1948; successor Eastern pulled out in 1959.

Facilities

Malone-Dufort Airport covers 135 acres (55 ha) at an elevation of 790 feet (241 m). It has two asphalt runways: 5/23 is 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m) and 14/32 is 3,245 by 75 feet (989 x 23 m).[1]

In the year ending December 7, 2007 the airport had 8,700 aircraft operations, average 23 per day: 92% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 2% military. 14 aircraft were then based at the airport: 86% single-engine and 14% multi-engine.[1]

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References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for MAL (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 29, 2010.
  2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. "Malone-Dufort Airport (FAA: MAL, ICAO: KMAL)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
  4. "Mangole Airport, Indonesia (IATA: MAL, ICAO: WAPE)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
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