James G. Whiting Memorial Field (ICAO: KMEY, FAA LID: MEY) is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) north of the central business district of Mapleton, a city in Monona County, Iowa, 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]

James G. Whiting Memorial Field
IATA: none ICAO: KMEY FAA LID: MEY
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Mapleton
Serves	Mapleton, Iowa
Elevation AMSL	1,116 ft / 340 m
Coordinates	42°10′42″N 095°47′37″W
Map
MEY Location of airport in Iowa/United States Show map of Iowa MEY MEY (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 2/20 2,801 854 Concrete
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 3,250 Based aircraft 10
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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

Facilities and aircraft

James G. Whiting Memorial Field covers an area of 164 acres (66 ha) at an elevation of 1,116 feet (340 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with a concrete surface measuring 2,801 by 60 feet (854 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 17, 2011, the airport had 3,250 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 270 per month. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine and 20% ultralight.[1]

References

External links

• James G. Whiting Memorial Field (MEY) at Iowa DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of April 2000 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for MEY, effective July 14, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MEY
  • AirNav airport information for MEY
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for MEY