Maple Lake Municipal Airport

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Maple Lake Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Maple Lake
ServesMaple Lake, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL1,028 ft / 313 m
Coordinates45°14′10″N 093°59′08″W / 45.23611°N 93.98556°W / 45.23611; -93.98556
Map
MGG is located in Minnesota
MGG
MGG
Location of airport in Minnesota/United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 2,796 852 Asphalt
4W/22W 8,000 2,438 Water
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations20,800
Based aircraft54

Maple Lake Municipal Airport (ICAO: KMGG, FAA LID: MGG) is a city-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Maple Lake, a city in Wright County, Minnesota, United States.[1] It is located on Maple Lake and is also known as Maple Lake Municipal Airport & Seaplane Base.[2] The current full name is now Maple Lake Municipal - Bill Mavencamp Sr Field.[3]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Maple Lake Municipal Airport is assigned MGG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[4] (which assigned MGG to , Papua New Guinea[5]).

The Maple Lake Flying club was formed in 1965 with the goal of establishing an airport in the city. In June 1967 the airport opened.[3]

Facilities and aircraft[]

Maple Lake Municipal Airport covers an area of 56 acres (23 ha) at an elevation of 1,028 feet (313 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with a 2,796 x 60 ft (852 x 18 m) asphalt surface. It also has one seaplane landing area designated 4W/22W which measures 8,000 x 2,000 ft (2,438 x 610 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2007, the airport had 20,800 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 91% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 4% military. At that time there were 54 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 13% multi-engine and 11% ultralight.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for MGG PDF, effective 2008-04-10
  2. ^ 2008 Minnesota Airport Directory Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2008-04-28.
  3. ^ a b Montanye, Brandon (March 2020). "Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame". p. 9. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KMGG - Maple Lake, Minnesota (Maple Lake Municipal Airport)
  5. ^ Great Circle Mapper: MGG - Margarima, Papua New Guinea

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