McCall Municipal Airport

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Template:Use American English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". McCall Municipal Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is a city-owned public-use airport in the western United States, located in McCall, Idaho.[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

McCall is home to a U.S. Forest Service smokejumper base, one of seven in the nation.

The airport was the site of a fatal crash in 2008 on May 2, when two single-engine planes collided on final approach to runway 34 and exploded, resulting in three deaths.[3][4]

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The USFS smokejumper firefighting base at McCall

Facilities and aircraft

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For the 12-month period ending August 13, 2010, the airport had 43,600 aircraft operations, an average of 119 per day: 84% general aviation, 16% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time, there were 94 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 3% jet, and 1% helicopter.[1]

See also

References

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