Maryland Airport is a privately owned, public use
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
located four miles (6 km) east of the
central business district of
Indian Head, in
Charles County
Charles County is a county in Southern Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 166,617. The county seat is La Plata. The county was named for Charles Calvert (1637–1715), third Baron Baltimore. Charles County is part of the Wash ...
,
Maryland
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,
United States
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Facilities and aircraft
Maryland Airport covers an area of which contains one operational
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, concre ...
: 2/20 with a 3,740 x 75 ft
asphalt
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surface. For the 12-month period ending September 19, 2013, the airport had 17,020 aircraft operations, an average of 47 per day: 88% local
general aviation
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, 6% transient general aviation, 6% military and <1%
air taxi
An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft that makes short flights on demand.
In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) ...
.
Phase 3 of the airport's expansion will include extending the runway to 4,300 feet, along with construction of a parallel taxiway, a ramp to accommodate 75 planes, an access road to Bumpy Oak Road, and a new terminal.
See also
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List of airports in Maryland
References
External links
Maryland Airportat Maryland Office of Regional Aviation Assistance
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Airports in Maryland
Transportation buildings and structures in Charles County, Maryland
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