Mifflin County Airport

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Mifflin County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMifflin County Airport Authority
Serves Lewistown
Location Reedsville, Pennsylvania
Elevation  AMSL 819 ft / 250 m
Coordinates 40°40′39″N077°37′37″W / 40.67750°N 77.62694°W / 40.67750; -77.62694
Website MifflinCountyAirport.com
Map
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Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
6/245,0011,524Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations19,400
Based aircraft33
Aircraft participating in a fly-in at Mifflin County Airport Mifflin County Airport Fly-in Crop.jpg
Aircraft participating in a fly-in at Mifflin County Airport

Mifflin County Airport( IATA : RED, ICAO : KRVL, FAA LID : RVL) 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]

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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 125 acres (51  ha ) 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Form 5010 for RVL PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 11 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Mifflin County Airport
  3. ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine . Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  4. ↑ Mifflin County soaring contests
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