McMinn County Airport is a county-owned, public-use

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located three

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s (6 km) southeast of the

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, a city in

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McMinn County Airport covers an area of at an

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of 858 feet (262 m) above

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. It has one

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designated 2/20 with a 6,450 by 75 ft (1,966 x 23 m)

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surface. For the 12-month period ending December 16, 1998, the airport had 30,000 aircraft operations, an average of 82 per day: 98%

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, 2%

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and <1%

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. At that time there were 63 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-

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, 3% multi-engine and 2% jet. The

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at McMinn County airport is Athens Air, LLC. The airport is attended from 0830 to dusk and has 100LL

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and Jet A. It is included under the

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FSS. It has medium intensity runway lighting,

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on Runway 02, and

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on both runways.

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s are filed with

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.McMinn County - MMI
at

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