Philadelphia Municipal Airport
Airport
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Philadelphia Municipal Airport (ICAO: KMPE, FAA LID: MPE) is a public use airport in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States.[1] It is owned by the City of Philadelphia and located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of its central business district.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Philadelphia Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Philadelphia | ||||||||||
| Serves | Philadelphia, Mississippi | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 458 ft / 140 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°47′57″N 089°07′34″W | ||||||||||
| Website | http://www.philadelphiathecity.com/philadelphia-municipal-airport | ||||||||||
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  MPE Location of airport in Mississippi  MPE MPE (the United States) | |||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MPE by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned MPE to Griswold Airport in Madison, Connecticut).[4]
Facilities and aircraft
Philadelphia Municipal Airport covers an area of 60 acres (24 ha) at an elevation of 458 feet (140 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending February 3, 2023, the airport had 9,552 aircraft operations, an average of 26 per day: 99% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 6 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, and 2 jet.[1]