Midland Airpark is a public airport three miles north of Midland, in Midland County,

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Midland Airpark covers at an

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of 2,803 feet (854 m). It has two

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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). In the year ending August 13, 2008, the airport had 28,110 aircraft operations, averaging 77 per day, with 93% classified as

, 7% as

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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%

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Midland Airpark (MDD)
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