Taylor County Airport (IATA: MDF, ICAO: KMDZ, FAA LID: MDZ) is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Medford, a city in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

Taylor County Airport
IATA: MDF ICAO: KMDZ FAA LID: MDZ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Taylor County
Location	Medford, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL	1,478 ft / 450 m
Coordinates	45°06′05″N 090°18′03″W
Website	co.taylor.wi.us/...
Map
MDZ Location of airport in Wisconsin Show map of Wisconsin MDZ MDZ (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 6,000 1,829 Asphalt 16/34 4,435 1,352 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2019) 7,020 Based aircraft (2022) 14
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a basic general aviation facility.[2] Although no commercial airlines service the airport, it does serve general aviation traffic including business and leisure fliers. Hangars are available for lease and fuel is also available.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MDZ by the FAA and MDF by the IATA[3] (which assigned MDZ to El Plumerillo Airport in Mendoza, Argentina[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Taylor County Airport covers an area of 567 acres (229 ha) at an elevation of 1,478 feet (450 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 6,000 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30m) with approved GPS approaches and 16/34 is 4,435 by 75 feet (1,352 x 23 m) also with approved GPS approaches.

For the 12-month period ending June 26, 2019, the airport had 7,020 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% air taxi and less than 1% military. In October 2022, there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: all 14 single-engine.[5]

References

External links

• Taylor County Airport at Taylor County website
• "Taylor County Airport" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-23. at Wisconsin DOT Airport Directory
• FAA Terminal Procedures for MDZ, effective October 6, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MDZ
  • AirNav airport information for KMDZ
  • ASN accident history for MDF
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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