Millard Airport (IATA: MIQ, ICAO: KMLE, FAA LID: MLE) is a public airport seven miles (11 km) southwest of the central business district of Omaha, a city in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. It is owned and operated by the Omaha Airport Authority,[1] who also owns the main airport of Omaha, Eppley Airfield.

Millard Airport
IATA: MIQ ICAO: KMLE FAA LID: MLE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Omaha Airport Authority
Serves	greater Omaha, Nebraska
Elevation AMSL	1,051 ft / 320 m
Map
MLE Location of airport in Nebraska / United States Show map of Nebraska MLE MLE (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 3,801 1,159 Concrete
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 72,300 Based aircraft 173
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most US airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Millard Airport is assigned MLE by the FAA and MIQ by the IATA (which assigned MLE to Malé International Airport on Hulhulé Island in the Malé Atoll of the Maldives).[2][3]

Facilities and aircraft

Millard Airport covers an area of 165 acres (67 ha) which contains one asphalt-paved runway (12/30) measuring 3,801 x 75 ft (1,159 × 23 m). For the 12-month period ending August 16, 2005, the airport had 72,300 aircraft operations, an average of 198 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. There are 173 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, 2% helicopter and 1% jet.[1]

References

External links

• Millard Airport at Nebraska Department of Aeronautics
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MLE
  • AirNav airport information for KMLE
  • ASN accident history for MIQ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures