Monticello Regional Airport (IATA: MXO, ICAO: KMXO, FAA LID: MXO), formerly known as Monticello Municipal Airport, is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of Monticello, a city in Jones County, Iowa, United States. It is owned by the City of Monticello.[1]

Monticello Regional Airport
IATA: MXO ICAO: KMXO FAA LID: MXO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Monticello
Serves	Monticello, Iowa
Elevation AMSL	833 ft / 254 m
Map
MXO Location of airport in Iowa/United States Show map of Iowa MXO MXO (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 4,400 1,341 Concrete 9/27 2,316 706 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2013) 10,850 Based aircraft (2016) 34
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Monticello Regional Airport covers an area of 300 acres (120 ha) which contains two runways: 15/33 with a concrete pavement measuring 4,400 x 75 ft (1,341 x 23 m) and 9/27 with a turf surface measuring 2,316 x 90 ft (706 x 27 m). For the 12-month period ending May 15, 2013, the airport had 10,850 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 30 per day. In September 2016, there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 27 single-engine, 5 multi-engine and 2 ultra-light.[1]

Accidents and incidents

• On July 1, 2017, a small plane with a single passenger crashed in a cornfield approximately 50 yards from the airport runway, causing the death of the pilot.[2]

References

External links

• Monticello Regional Airport (MXO) at Iowa DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial photo at Bing Maps

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MXO
  • AirNav airport information for KMXO
  • ASN accident history for MXO
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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