Monticello Regional Airport
42°13′13″N 091°09′48″W / 42.22028°N 91.16333°W
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Monticello | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Monticello, Iowa | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 833 ft / 254 m | ||||||||||||||
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Monticello Regional Airport (IATA: MXO, ICAO: KMXO, FAA LID: MXO), formerly known as Monticello Municipal Airport, is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of Monticello, a city in Jones County, Iowa, United States. It is owned by the City of Monticello.[1]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Monticello Regional Airport covers an area of 300 acres (120 ha) which contains two runways: 15/33 with a concrete pavement measuring 4,400 x 75 ft (1,341 x 23 m) and 9/27 with a turf surface measuring 2,316 x 90 ft (706 x 27 m). For the 12-month period ending May 15, 2013, the airport had 10,850 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 30 per day. In September 2016, there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 27 single-engine, 5 multi-engine and 2 ultra-light.[1]
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- On July 1, 2017, a small plane with a single passenger crashed in a cornfield approximately 50 yards from the airport runway, causing the death of the pilot.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for MXO PDF, effective September 15, 2016.
- ^ Hageman, MacLeod (July 1, 2017), Update: Pilot dies in Monticello crash, Waterloo, Iowa: KWWL Television, retrieved July 1, 2017
External links
[edit]- Monticello Regional Airport (MXO) at Iowa DOT Airport Directory
- Aerial photo at Bing Maps
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MXO
- AirNav airport information for KMXO
- ASN accident history for MXO
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures