Mifflin County Airport is a public airport in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. It is in Reedsville, five miles northwest of Lewistown. It is owned by the Mifflin County Airport Authority. The FAA's

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for 2009-2013 called it a '' general aviation'' airport. Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and

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, but this airport is RVL to the FAA and RED to the IATA.

Facilities

The airport covers at an elevation of 819 feet (250 m). Its one runway, 6/24, is 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m) asphalt. In the year ending February 20, 2009 the airport had 19,400 aircraft operations, average 53 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi. 33 aircraft were then based at the airport: 85% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 3% jet and 6% glider. There is an AWOS-3 on the field.

Soaring contests

Mifflin County Airport is a popular site for gliding competitions and has hosted 10 national championships and four regional championships since 1990.Mifflin County soaring contests
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References

External links

Mifflin County Airport
official site
Mifflin County Airport
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Bureau of Aviation
Aerial view in April 1994
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