Martin County Airport

Martin County Airport (ICAO: KMCZ, FAA LID: MCZ) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Martin County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It is located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) west of the central business district of Williamston, North Carolina.[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]

Martin County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of Martin
ServesWilliamston, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL74 ft / 23 m
Coordinates35°51′44″N 077°10′42″W
Map
MCZ
Location of airport in North Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations4,500
Based aircraft6

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MCZ by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MCZ to Zumbi dos Palmares Airport in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil).[4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KMCZ.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Martin County Airport covers an area of 110 acres (45 ha) at an elevation of 74 feet (23 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 5, 2011, the airport had 4,500 aircraft operations, an average of 12 per day: 89% general aviation and 11% military. At that time there were 6 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine and 17% ultralight.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for MCZ (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  3. "Martin County Airport (ICAO: KMCZ, FAA: MCZ, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  4. "Maceió-Zumbi dos Palmares Airport (IATA: MCZ, ICAO: SMBO)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  5. "Martin County – MCZ (KMCZ)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 10, 2012. External link in |work= (help)
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