Mount Airy/Surry County Airport

Mount Airy/Surry County Airport (ICAO: KMWK, FAA LID: MWK) is a public use airport located in the unincorporated Holly Springs community three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Mount Airy, a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. The airport is owned by the city and county.^[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.^[2]

Mount Airy/Surry County Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KMWK FAA LID: MWK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Mount Airy & Surry County
Serves	Mount Airy, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL	1,249 ft / 381 m
Coordinates	36°27′35″N 080°33′11″W
Map
MWK Location of airport in North Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 4,301 1,311 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 17,200 Based aircraft 39
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MWK by the FAA^[1] but has no designation from the IATA^[3] (which assigned MWK to Matak-Tarempa Airport in the Anambas Islands, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia).^[4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KMWK.^[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Mount Airy/Surry County Airport covers an area of 147 acres (59 ha) at an elevation of 1,249 feet (381 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 75 feet (1,311 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 6, 2009, the airport had 17,200 aircraft operations, an average of 47 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 39 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, and 8% jet.^[1]

See also

• List of airports in North Carolina

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for MWK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
2. "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27.
3. "Mount Airy/Surry County Airport (ICAO: KMWK, FAA: MWK, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
4. "Matak-Tarempa Airport, Indonesia (IATA: MWK, ICAO: WIOM)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
5. "Mount Airy/Surry County – MWK (KMWK)". Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 11, 2012.

External links

• "Mount Airy/Surry County Airport (MWK)" (PDF). at North Carolina DOT airport guide
• Aerial image as of March 1998 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for MWK, effective October 31, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MWK
  • AirNav airport information for KMWK
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures