Philadelphia Municipal Airport (ICAO: KMPE, FAA LID: MPE) is a public use airport in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States.[1] It is owned by the City of Philadelphia and located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of its central business district.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Philadelphia Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KMPE FAA LID: MPE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Philadelphia
Serves	Philadelphia, Mississippi
Elevation AMSL	458 ft / 140 m
Coordinates	32°47′57″N 089°07′34″W
Website	http://www.philadelphiathecity.com/philadelphia-municipal-airport
Map
MPE Location of airport in Mississippi
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations 13,300 Based aircraft 8
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 MPE by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MPE to Griswold Airport in Madison, Connecticut).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Philadelphia Municipal Airport covers an area of 60 acres (24 ha) at an elevation of 458 feet (140 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 20, 2012, the airport had 13,300 aircraft operations, an average of 36 per day: 98.5% general aviation and 1.5% military. At that time there were 8 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine, 12.5% multi-engine, and 12.5% jet.[1]

See also

• List of airports in Mississippi

References

External links

• Aerial image as of March 1996 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for MPE, effective October 6, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MPE
  • AirNav airport information for MPE
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for MPE