Plymouth Municipal Airport (North Carolina)

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Plymouth Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerWashington County
Serves Plymouth, North Carolina
Elevation  AMSL 39 ft / 12 m
Coordinates 35°48′39″N076°45′30″W / 35.81083°N 76.75833°W / 35.81083; -76.75833
Plymouth Municipal Airport (North Carolina)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
3/215,5001,676Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations11,275
Based aircraft13

Plymouth Municipal Airport( ICAO : KPMZ, FAA LID : PMZ) is a county-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the central business district of Plymouth, in Washington County, North Carolina, United States. [1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport. [2]

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Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PMZ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA [3] (which assigned PMZ to Palmar Sur Airport in Palmar Sur, Costa Rica [4] ).

Facilities and aircraft

Plymouth Municipal Airport covers an area of 390 acres (160  ha ) at an elevation of 39 feet (12 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 75 feet (1,676 x 23 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending November 21, 2008, the airport had 11,275 aircraft operations, an average of 30 per day: 80% general aviation, 18% military, and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 13 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 15% multi-engine and 8% helicopter. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for PMZ PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 8, 2010.
  2. ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Federal Aviation Administration. Updated October 15, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Plymouth, North Carolina - Plymouth Municipal Airport (ICAO: KPMZ, FAA: PMZ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Palmar, Costa Rica - Palmar Sur Airport (IATA: PMZ, ICAO: MRPM)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
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