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Mountain Empire Airport (MKJ)
 
Lat/Long: 36-53-41.5000N / 081-20-59.8000W
36-53.691667N / 081-20.996667W
36.8948611 / -81.3499444
(estimated)
Elevation: 2558 ft. / 779.7 m (surveyed)
Variation: 06W (1990)
From city: 8 Miles East of Marion, 16 miles West of Wytheville
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Savings Time)
Zip code: 24368

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 09/1958
Sectional chart: CINCINNATI
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: LEESBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: MKJ (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: APR-OCT SUN 1300-1900, NOV-MAR MON-FRI 0730-1900, NOV-MAR SAT 0800-1900, NOV-MAR SUN 1300-1900, APR-OCT MON-FRI 0730-2000, APR-OCT SAT 0800-1900
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 08/26 PRESET LOW INTST; ACTVT HIGHER INTST - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
 

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
WX AWOS-3: 123.875 (276-686-6420)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ATLANTA ARTCC ON FREQS 132.9/319.9 (TRI CITY RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BLFr200/25.8BLUEFIELD VORTAC110.0003W
PSKr255/32.6PULASKI VORTAC116.8006W
GZGr085/35.2GLADE SPRING VOR/DME110.2002W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
SUZZE259/5.333506WMK -- -.-
HILLSVILLE293/26.626906WHLX .... .-.. -..-
MOUNTAIN CITY043/36.739604WJJO .--- .--- ---

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 8/26

Dimensions: 5252 x 75 ft. / 1601 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 20.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Latitude: 36-53.565988N36-53.815847N
Longitude: 081-21.512498W081-20.481012W
Elevation: 2558.2 ft.2502.7 ft.
Gradient: 1.2%1.2%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 079 magnetic, 073 true259 magnetic, 253 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.75 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: LOCALIZER
Obstructions: 14 ft. tree, 455 ft. from runway, 66 ft. left of centerline, 18:1 slope to clear
8-10 FT TREES, 172 FT LEFT, 84-200 FT FM END OF RY.
9 ft. road, 200 ft. from runway, 230 ft. right of centerline
17' ROADWAY CLEARANCE PENETRATES APPROACH BY 9 FT. ROADWAY PENETRATES INTO PRIMARY SURFACE.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: SMYTH WYTHE ARPT CMSN
PO BOX 885
MARION, VA 24354
Phone 276-783-2000
Manager: ROBERT DIX
PO BOX 885
MARION, VA 24354
Phone 276-783-2000
ALSO 276-783-8805.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 24
Single engine airplanes: 22
Multi engine airplanes: 1
Helicopters: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 28/day *
68% transient general aviation
30% local general aviation
2% military
* for 12-month period ending 31 July 2006