Mariposa-Yosemite Airport

Mariposa-Yosemite Airport
Mariposa Air Force Auxiliary Field

2015 aerial photo
IATA: RMY – ICAO: KMPI – FAA LID: MPI
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner County of Mariposa
Location Mariposa, California
Elevation AMSL 2,254 ft / 687 m
Coordinates 37°30′39″N 120°02′22″W / 37.51083°N 120.03944°W / 37.51083; -120.03944
Map
KMPI

Location of Mariposa-Yosemite Airport

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 3,306 1,008 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 32,000
Based aircraft 52
Mariposa Yosemite Airport base leg

Mariposa-Yosemite Airport (IATA: RMY, ICAO: KMPI, FAA LID: MPI, formerly O68) is a public airport located four miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Mariposa, in Mariposa County, California, United States. It is owned by the County of Mariposa.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Mariposa-Yosemite Airport is assigned MPI by the FAA but the IATA assigned MPI to Mamitupo, Panama).[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Mariposa-Yosemite Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (8/26) measuring 3,306 x 60 ft (1,008 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 2, 2007, the airport had 32,000 aircraft operations, an average of 87 per day: 94% general aviation and 6% air taxi. There are 52 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single engine, 2% multi-engine and 2% ultralight.[1]

There is one FBO on the field, Airborrn Aviation Services.[3]

World War II

During World War II, the airport was designated as Mariposa Air Force Auxiliary Field, and was an auxiliary training airfield for Merced Army Airfield, California.

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for MPI (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: MPI - Mamitupo, Panamá
  3. ↑ Yosemite Aviation


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