McKinney National Airport

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McKinney National Airport
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McKinney National Airport control tower and unfinished new terminal, January 2020
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of McKinney
Serves Collin County, Texas
Elevation  AMSL 589 ft / 180 m
Coordinates 33°10′41″N096°35′26″W / 33.17806°N 96.59056°W / 33.17806; -96.59056
Maps
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McKinney National Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
18/367,0022,134Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations142,001
Based aircraft203

McKinney National Airport( ICAO : KTKI, FAA LID : TKI), formerly Collin County Regional Airport at McKinney, is a general aviation airport located in McKinney, Texas, United States, about 30 miles north of downtown Dallas.

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The airport is a reliever airport for Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. It is owned by the City of McKinney and is home to many business aircraft, including the aircraft fleets of corporations such as Texas Instruments and Toyota Motor Corporation that are headquartered in nearby cities. [2] It is an air base for PHI Air Medical which provides 24-hour emergency helicopter ambulance service. The only fixed-base operator (FBO) on the field is the city-run McKinney Air Center. There are three flight schools operated at the airport: Airplanes and Attitude, ATP, Grayhawk Flight Training. The airport housed Civil Air Patrol Texas Wing 295th Squadron from 2013 to 2014.

History

In the 1970s, the FAA proposed building the region's third major commercial airport, providing commercial air service to the fast-growing northern part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, in McKinney. This failed after local voters rejected a $50 million bond needed to build the new airport facility. [2]

A regional airport was established in McKinney in 1979. [3] Initially opened with a 4,000 foot runway, its length was extended to 5,800 feet in 1984. [4]

In 2011, McKinney National Airport added a new 78-foot tall contract FAA air traffic control tower equipped with the latest in radar, radio and voice switch technology. In 2012, a new 7,000 foot long, 150 foot wide runway was completed that can handle large aircraft, with a maximum capacity of 450,000 pounds. [4]

On November 1, 2013, the airport was purchased from Collin County by the City of McKinney for $25 million. [5] The McKinney City Council approved changing the airport's name from Collin County Regional Airport to McKinney National Airport later that month. [3]

In 2018, a project to build a new executive terminal at McKinney National Airport began, which was originally slated to be completed in 2019. In September 2019, completion was delayed until 2020 as the city and the construction contractor worked on modifications to the terminal's exterior. [6]

In 2019, the airport received a $15 million grant from the Texas Department of Transportation to extend its runway an additional 1,500 feet (from 7,000 feet to 8,500 feet). [2]

In 2023, the city proposed issuing $200 million in bonds which, when combined with other funding, would allow the airport to become the Dallas-Fort Worth area's third major commercial airport. [7] However, the bond issue was defeated at the polls, with 58.69% of voters voting against it. [8]

Facilities

McKinney National Airport covers 778 acres (315 ha) at an elevation of 589 feet (180 m). The concrete runway is 18/36, 7,002 feet (2,134m) long by 150 feet (46m) with a weight-bearing capacity of 450,000 pounds double tandem. It has high intensity runway lights, MALSR approach lights to Runway 18 and MALS approach lights to Runway 36, PAPI lights for runways 18 and 36, a runway 18 ILS Category I approach and RNAV approaches to both 18 and 36.

The airport has vehicle rental and US Customs services for international flights.

In the year ending December 31, 2023, the airport had 142,001 aircraft operations, an average of 389 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi and <1% military. 203 aircraft were then based at this airport: 144 single-engine, 26 multi-engine, 30 jet and 3 helicopter. [1]

The airport has a contract FAA control tower open between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.

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References

  1. 1 2 FAA Airport Form 5010 for TKI PDF , effective January 25, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Arnold, Kyle (November 8, 2019). "McKinney Airport gets $15 million to extend runway". The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "1997-2017 Update to FAA Historical Chronology: Civil Aviation and the Federal Government, 1926-1996 (Washington, DC: Federal Aviation Administration, 1998)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. p. 193. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Historical Timeline". McKinney National Airport. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ "City of McKinney Takes Over Operations at Collin County Regional Airport McKinney Air Center Begins Operations". AviationPros.com. November 1, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  6. ↑ Davis, Emily (September 3, 2019). "Completion of new McKinney National Airport terminal rescheduled for January". Community Impact Newsletter. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  7. ↑ "McKinney voters to decide on $200M airport bond to lure commercial air service". 8 February 2023.
  8. ↑ Henvey, Audrey (16 May 2023). "McKinney mayor outlines next steps after airport bond item fails". McKinney Courier-Gazette . Retrieved 2023-08-22.


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