McCall Municipal Airport
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 Final approach to runway 16 in 2011 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of McCall | ||||||||||
| Serves | McCall, Idaho | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,024 ft / 1,531 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°53′19″N 116°06′06″W / 44.88861°N 116.10167°W | ||||||||||
| Website | McCall Airport | ||||||||||
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  MYL Location in the United States  MYL Location in Idaho | |||||||||||
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McCall Municipal Airport (IATA: MYL, ICAO: KMYL, FAA LID: MYL) 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]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]McCall Municipal Airport covers an area of 197 acres (0.80 km2) at an elevation of 5,024 feet (1,531 m) above sea level. It has one runway, aligned north-south and designated 16/34, with an asphalt surface measuring 6,108 by 75 feet (1,862 by 23 m).[1] The north end of the runway is about a mile (1.6 km) south of Payette Lake.
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for MYL PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective February 4, 2017.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems Archived August 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB) Archived September 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Reports for accident of May 2, 2008". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ^ "Planes collide in McCall; three die". Lewiston Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. May 4, 2008. p. 2C.
External links
[edit]- McCall Municipal Airport at City of McCall website
- U.S. Forest Service – McCall Smokejumpers
- Aerial photo as of 4 September 1998 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MYL, effective August 8, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MYL
- AirNav airport information for KMYL
- ASN accident history for MYL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures