Taylor County Airport (Wisconsin)
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| IATA: MDF – ICAO: KMDZ – FAA LID: MDZ | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Taylor County | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Medford, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,478 ft / 450 m | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | co.taylor.wi.us/... | ||||||||||||||
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Taylor County Airport (IATA: MDF, ICAO: KMDZ, FAA LID: MDZ) is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Medford, a city in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]
No commercial airlines service the airport, however it does serve general aviation traffic, including business and leisure fliers. Hangars are available for lease, and fuel is also available.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MDZ by the FAA and MDF by the IATA[2] (which assigned MDZ to El Plumerillo Airport in Mendoza, Argentina[3]).
Facilities and aircraft
Taylor County Airport covers an area of 490 acres (200 ha) at an elevation of 1,478 feet (450 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 6,000 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30m) with approved GPS approaches and 16/34 is 4,435 by 75 feet (1,352 x 23 m) also with approved GPS approaches. For the 12-month period ending September 18, 2013, the airport had 7,020 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% air taxi and <1% military. In 2015, there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 9 single-engine, 1 helicopter and 1 ultra-light. [4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 FAA Airport Master Record for MDZ (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-09-25.
- ↑ Great Circle Mapper: MDF / KMDZ - Medford, Wisconsin (Taylor County Airport)
- ↑ Great Circle Mapper: MDZ / SAME - Mendoza, Argentina (El Plumerillo Airport)
- ↑ http://www.airnav.com/airports/kmdz
External links
- Taylor County Airport at Taylor County website
- Taylor County Airport PDF at Wisconsin DOT Airport Directory
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MDZ, effective May 16, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MDZ
- AirNav airport information for KMDZ
- ASN accident history for MDF
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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