Moultrie Municipal Airport (IATA: MGR, ICAO: KMGR, FAA LID: MGR) is seven miles south of Moultrie in Colquitt County, Georgia, United States.[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2] It has no airline service.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Moultrie | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Moultrie, Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 294 ft / 90 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°05′06″N 83°48′12″W / 31.08500°N 83.80333°W | ||||||||||||||
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History
editMoultrie Airport was built before World War II; during the war it was used as an auxiliary training field for Spence Army Airfield a few miles to the northeast. Known as Spence AAF Auxiliary No. 3 It hosted the 455th School Squadron (Special) beginning on August 1, 1941 while still a civil airport.
The airfield was released from military use on December 15, 1945 and returned to civil use. Southern Airways DC-3s began flights to Moultrie in 1949, but probably at Spence initially; by 1955 they were at Sunset Field, as it was then known. Southern's DC-3s were replaced by Martin 404s, then by Metros, then by Republic CV580s that pulled out in 1981. Moultrie dropped out of the OAG in 1988 when Eastern ended code-share prop flights from Atlanta.
Facilities
editThe airport covers 369 acres (149 ha) at an elevation of 294 feet (90 m). It has two asphalt runways: 4/22 is 5,129 by 100 feet (1,563 x 30 m) and 16/34 is 3,878 by 75 feet (1,182 x 23 m).[1] (Runway 10 closed in the 1970s.)
In the year ending August 11, 2010 the airport had 15,500 general aviation operations, average 42 per day. 29 aircraft were then based at the airport: 93% single-engine and 7% multi-engine.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for MGR PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
- ^ "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.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency- Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas OCLC 71006954, 29991467
External links
edit- MGR - Moultrie Muni (Moultrie) from Georgia DOT
- Aerial image as of January 1993 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MGR, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MGR
- AirNav airport information for KMGR
- ASN accident history for MGR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
