Port Meadville Airport
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FAA Airport Diagram
Direction | Length | Surface | |
---|---|---|---|
ft | m | ||
7/25 | 5,001 | 1,524 | Asphalt |
Number | Length | Surface | |
---|---|---|---|
ft | m | ||
H1 | 50 | 15 | Concrete |
Aircraft operations | 13,220 |
---|---|
Based aircraft | 27 |
Port Meadville Airport (IATA: MEJ, ICAO: KGKJ, FAA LID: GKJ) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (3.5 mi, 5.6 km) west of the central business district of Meadville, in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States.[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]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GKJ by the FAA and MEJ by the IATA.[3]
Facilities and aircraft
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Port Meadville Airport covers an area of 250 acres (100 ha) at an elevation of 1,399 feet (426 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[4]
The airport also has one 50 feet x 50 feet (15 x 15 m) concrete helipad that serves as the home base for Stat MedEvac 7, a regional air and ground critical care transport system.[5]
For the 12-month period ending May 21, 2019, the airport had 13,369 aircraft operations, an average of 37 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 12% multi-engine, 6% jet, and 6% helicopter.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for GKJ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Port Meadville Airport (IATA: MEJ, ICAO: KGKJ, FAA: GKJ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Runway Information". AirportIQ 5010. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
- ^ admin. "Service Areas". STAT MedEvac. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
- ^ "Based Aircraft & Operations". AirportIQ 5010. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
External links
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- Official website: www.portmeadvilleairport.com
- Port Meadville Airport (GKJ) from Pennsylvania DOT airport directory
- Aerial photo as of 7 April 1993 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for GKJ, effective June 13, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for GKJ
- AirNav airport information for KGKJ
- ASN accident history for MEJ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures