Midwest National Air Center

Midwest National Air Center

IATA: none – ICAO: KGPH – FAA LID: GPH

KGPH
Location of airport in Missouri

Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Clay County Commission
Serves Clay County, Missouri
Location Mosby / Excelsior Springs
Elevation AMSL 777 ft / 237 m
Coordinates 39°19′57″N 094°18′35″W / 39.33250°N 94.30972°W / 39.33250; -94.30972
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 5,504 1,678 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 25,520
Based aircraft 53

Midwest National Air Center (ICAO: KGPH, FAA LID: GPH) is a public-use airport in Clay County, Missouri, United States.[1] The airport is located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of Mosby,[1] near Excelsior Springs.[2][3] It is owned by the Clay County Commission[1] and was formerly known as Clay County Regional Airport.

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.[4]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned GPH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Midwest National Air Center covers an area of 573 acres (232 ha) at an elevation of 777 feet (237 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,504 by 100 feet (1,678 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2010, the airport had 25,520 aircraft operations, an average of 69 per day: 90% general aviation, 10% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 53 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, 6% jet, and 2% helicopter.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 FAA Airport Master Record for GPH (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Midwest National Air Center
  3. ↑ "Midwest National Air Center (GPH)" (PDF). at Missouri DOT
  4. ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 3 (PDF, 1.28 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  5. ↑ "Midwest National Air Center (ICAO: KGPH, FAA: GPH)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
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