Midland Airpark is a public airport three miles north of
Midland, in
Midland County,
Texas
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.
The FAA's
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
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for 2009–2013
categorized it as a ''
general aviation
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'' facility.
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
for 2009–2013
Appendix A: Part 5 (PDF, 1.18 MB)
. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated October 15, 2008.
Facilities
Midland Airpark covers at an elevation
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of 2,803 feet (854 m). It has two asphalt
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* Asphalt concrete, a mixture of bitumen with coarse and fine aggregates, u ...
runways: Runway 7/25 is 5,022 by 75 feet (1,531 x 23 m) and Runway 16/34 is 3,977 by 75 feet (1,212 x 23 m).general aviation
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, 7% as air taxi
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History
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, and less than 1% as military. At that time, 90 aircraft were based at this airport, comprising 81.1% single-engine, 13.3% multi-engine, 2.2% jet and 3.3% helicopter
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.
See also
* List of airports in Texas
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References
External links
Midland Airpark (MDD)
at Texas DOT Airport Directory
Basin Aviation
the fixed-base operator
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(FBO)
Aerial image as of January 1996
from USGS
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''The National Map
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Airports in Texas
Airports in Midland County, Texas