Mexico Memorial Airport (ICAO: KMYJ, FAA LID: MYJ) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Mexico, a city in Audrain County, Missouri, United States.[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Mexico Memorial Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KMYJ FAA LID: MYJ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Mexico
Serves	Mexico, Missouri
Elevation AMSL	823 ft / 251 m
Coordinates	39°09′27″N 091°49′06″W
Map
Mexico Memorial Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6/24 5,501 1,677 Concrete 18/36 3,199 975 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 12,200 Based aircraft 35
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned MYJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MYJ to Matsuyama Airport in Japan[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Mexico Memorial Airport covers an area of 290 acres (120 ha) at an elevation of 823 feet (251 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 6/24 is 5,501 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m) with a concrete surface and 18/36 is 3,199 by 50 feet (975 x 15 m) with an asphalt and concrete surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2010, the airport had 12,200 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 89% general aviation, 11% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 35 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 17% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.[1]

Zenith Aircraft Company designs, develops and manufactures kit aircraft. The company was founded in 1992 and is located at the airport. In 2017 the company celebrated its 25th anniversary.[5]

References

External links

• "Mexico Memorial (MYJ)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2010-09-21. at Missouri DOT
• Aerial image as of 3 April 1995 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for MYJ, effective July 14, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MYJ
  • AirNav airport information for MYJ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for MYJ

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