Monticello Regional Airport , formerly known as Monticello Municipal Airport, is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of
Monticello
Monticello ( ) was the primary plantation of Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, who began designing Monticello after inheriting land from his father at age 26. Located just outside Charlottesville, V ...
, a city in
Jones County, Iowa, United States. It is owned by the City of Monticello.
Facilities and aircraft
Monticello Regional Airport covers an area of which contains two
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...
s: 15/33 with a concrete pavement measuring 4,400 x 75 ft (1,341 x 23 m) and 9/27 with a
turf
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surface measuring 2,316 x 90 ft (706 x 27 m).
For the 12-month period ending May 15, 2013, the airport had 10,850
general aviation
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aircraft operations, an average of 30 per day. In September 2016, there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 27 single-engine, 5 multi-engine and 2 ultra-light.
Accidents and incidents
* On July 1, 2017, a small plane with a single passenger crashed in a cornfield approximately 50 yards from the airport runway, causing the death of the pilot.
See also
*
List of airports in Iowa
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References
External links
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