McKinley_National_Park_Airport

McKinley National Park Airport

McKinley National Park Airport

Airport in Denali National Park and Preserve

McKinley National Park Airport (IATA: MCL, ICAO: PAIN, FAA LID: INR, formerly 5MK) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Denali Park,[1] in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States. It is owned by the U.S. National Park Service[1] and is located at the Denali National Park and Preserve (previously Mount McKinley National Park).

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Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned INR by the FAA[1] and MCL by the IATA.[2] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAIN.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

McKinley National Park Airport has one runway designated 16/34 with a gravel surface measuring 3,000 by 68 feet (914 x 21 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 3,200 aircraft operations, an average of 266 per month: 69% general aviation and 31% air taxi. At that time there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 57% single-engine, 29% multi-engine and 14% helicopter.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    FAA Airport Form 5010 for INR PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
  2. [2]
    "MCL / PAIN - McKinley Park, Alaska (McKinley National Park Airport)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. [3]
    "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-07.


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