Machias Valley Airport
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Town of Machias | ||||||||||
Serves | Machias, Maine | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 96 ft / 29 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°42′11″N 067°28′43″W / 44.70306°N 67.47861°W | ||||||||||
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Machias Valley Airport (ICAO: KMVM, FAA LID: MVM) is a town owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Machias, a town in Washington County, Maine, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2] The airport was once served by commercial airline service on Northeast Airlines.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MVM by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MVM to Kayenta Airport in Kayenta, Arizona).[4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KMVM.[5]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Machias Valley Airport covers an area of 30 acres (12 ha) at an elevation of 96 feet (29 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,909 by 60 feet (887 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 16, 2011, the airport had 1,600 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 133 per month. At that time there were 9 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.[1]
Instrument Approach Procedure:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for MVM PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Machias Valley Airport (ICAO: KMVM, FAA: MVM, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- ^ "Kayenta-Monument Valley Airport, AZ (IATA: MVM)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- ^ "Machias Valley – MVM (KMVM)". National Flight Data Center, Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- ^ RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 (PDF), effective 8 Aug 2024, Federal Aviation Administration
External links
[edit]- Aerial image as of May 1996 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MVM, effective August 8, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MVM
- AirNav airport information for MVM
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for MVM