Marion County Airport (South Carolina)
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Marion County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Marion, South Carolina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 92 ft / 28 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°10′52″N 079°20′05″W / 34.18111°N 79.33472°W | ||||||||||
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  MAO Location of airport in South Carolina | |||||||||||
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Marion County Airport (ICAO: KMAO, FAA LID: MAO) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Marion County, South Carolina, United States.[1] It is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Marion, South Carolina.[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]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MAO by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MAO to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil).[4][5]
Facilities and aircraft[edit]
Marion County Airport covers an area of 130 acres (53 ha) at an elevation of 92 feet (28 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,504 by 100 feet (1,373 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending March 17, 2011, the airport had 6,000 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 9 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine and 11% multi-engine.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f FAA Airport Form 5010 for MAO PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
- ^ "Marion County Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KMAO, FAA: MAO)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (MAO: Manaus / Eduardo Gomes Intl)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ "Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport, AM, Brazil (IATA: MAO, ICAO: SBEG)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
External links[edit]
- Airport page at Marion County website
- Marion County Airport (MAO) at the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission
- Aerial image as of February 1994 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MAO, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MAO
- AirNav airport information for KMAO
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures