Miller Municipal Airport

Airport
MKA is located in South Dakota
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Location of airport in South Dakota
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MKA is located in the United States
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MKA (the United States)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 3,601 1,098 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 08/24/2022)7,260
Based aircraft7
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Miller Municipal Airport (ICAO: KMKA, FAA LID: MKA) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) east of the central business district of Miller, a city in Hand County, South Dakota, 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]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MKA by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MKA to Marianske Lazne Airport in Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic).[4][5]

Facilities and aircraft

Miller Municipal Airport covers an area of 252 acres (102 ha) at an elevation of 1,570 feet (479 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,601 by 60 feet (1,098 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 24, 2022, the airport had 7,260 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 20 per day. At that time there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: all single-engine.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for MKA PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Miller Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KMKA, FAA: MKA)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  4. ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (MKA: Marianske Lazne)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  5. ^ "Mariánské Lázne Airport, Czech Republic (IATA: MKA, ICAO: LKMR)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved June 9, 2013.

External links

  • Miller Airport (MKA) at SDDOT Airport Directory
  • Aerial image as of June 1996 from USGS The National Map
  • FAA Terminal Procedures for MKA, effective June 13, 2024
  • Resources for this airport:
    • FAA airport information for MKA
    • AirNav airport information for KMKA
    • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
    • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KMKA