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McCarthy Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
1,531 ft / 467 m

3,500
  
1,067

Code
  
MXY

Serves
  
McCarthy, Alaska

1/19
  
3,500

Address
  
Chitina, AK 99566, USA

Elevation
  
467 m

McCarthy Airport

Owner
  
State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region

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McCarthy Airport (IATA: MXY, ICAO: PAMX, FAA LID: 15Z) is a state owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of McCarthy, in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Contents

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 48 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 65 enplanements in 2009, and 54 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.

Takeoff from mccarthy airport in cessna 172


Facilities and aircraft

McCarthy Airport has one runway designated 1/19 with a gravel surface measuring 3,500 by 60 feet (1,067 x 18 m). In winter it is maintained irregularly. For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2010, the airport had 1,400 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per week: 64% general aviation and 36% air taxi.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

References

McCarthy Airport Wikipedia