Mifflin County Airport

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File:Mifflin County Airport Fly-in Crop.jpg
Aircraft participating in a fly-in at Mifflin County Airport

Mifflin County Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is a public airport in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.[1] It is in Reedsville, five miles northwest of Lewistown.[2] It is owned by the Mifflin County Airport Authority.[1] The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013 called it a general aviation airport.[3]

Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is RVL to the FAA and RED to the IATA.

Facilities

The airport covers Script error: No such module "convert". at an elevation of 819 feet (250 m). Its one runway, 6/24, is 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m) asphalt.[1]

In the year ending February 20, 2009 the airport had 19,400 aircraft operations, average 53 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi. 33 aircraft were then based at the airport: 85% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 3% jet and 6% glider.[1]

There is an AWOS-3 on the field.

Soaring contests

Mifflin County Airport is a popular site for gliding competitions and has hosted 10 national championships and four regional championships since 1990.[4]

See also

References

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  2. Mifflin County Airport
  3. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Template:Webarchive. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  4. Mifflin County soaring contests

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