McKinley National Park Airport
| McKinley National Park Airport | |||
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| IATA: MCL – ICAO: PAIN – FAA LID: INR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | U.S. National Park Service | ||
| Serves | McKinley Park, Alaska | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,720 ft / 524 m | ||
| Coordinates | 63°43′57″N 148°54′38″W / 63.7325°N 148.91056°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 16/34 | 3,000 | 914 | Gravel |
| Statistics (2005) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 3,200 | ||
| Based aircraft | 7 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
McKinley National Park Airport (IATA: MCL, ICAO: PAIN, FAA LID: INR, formerly 5MK) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) of McKinley Park,[1] in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States. It is owned by the U.S. National Park Service[1] and is located at the Denali National Park and Preserve (previously Mount McKinley National Park).
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned INR by the FAA[1] and MCL by the IATA.[2] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAIN.[3]
[edit] Facilities and aircraft
McKinley National Park Airport has one runway designated 16/34 with a gravel surface measuring 3,000 by 68 feet (914 x 21 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 3,200 aircraft operations, an average of 266 per month: 69% general aviation and 31% air taxi. At that time there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 57% single-engine, 29% multi-engine and 14% helicopter.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Master Record for INR (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ "MCL / PAIN - McKinley Park, Alaska (McKinley National Park Airport)". Great Circle Mapper. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/MCL. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/LID/L_G2.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
[edit] External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for PAIN
- ASN accident history for MCL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAIN
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for INR
