Port Meadville Airport

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Port Meadville Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCrawford County Regional Airport Authority
ServesMeadville, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL1,399 ft / 426 m
Coordinates41°37′36″N 080°12′53″W / 41.62667°N 80.21472°W / 41.62667; -80.21472
Websitehttps://www.portmeadvilleairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 50 15 Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations13,220
Based aircraft27

Port Meadville Airport (IATA: MEJ, ICAO: KGKJ, FAA LID: GKJ) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (3.5 mi, 5.6 km) west of the central business district of Meadville, in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GKJ by the FAA and MEJ by the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft[edit]

Port Meadville Airport covers an area of 250 acres (100 ha) at an elevation of 1,399 feet (426 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[4]

The airport also has one 50 feet x 50 feet (15 x 15 m) concrete helipad that serves as the home base for Stat MedEvac 7, a regional air and ground critical care transport system.[5]

For the 12-month period ending May 21, 2019, the airport had 13,369 aircraft operations, an average of 37 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 12% multi-engine, 6% jet, and 6% helicopter.[6]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for GKJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Port Meadville Airport (IATA: MEJ, ICAO: KGKJ, FAA: GKJ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Runway Information". AirportIQ 5010. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  5. ^ admin. "Service Areas". STAT MedEvac. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  6. ^ "Based Aircraft & Operations". AirportIQ 5010. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-06-07.

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