Midwest National Air Center | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Clay County Commission | ||||||||||
Serves | Clay County, Missouri | ||||||||||
Location | Mosby / Excelsior Springs | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 777 ft / 237 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°19′57″N 094°18′35″W / 39.33250°N 94.30972°W | ||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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Midwest National Air Center ( ICAO: KGPH, FAA LID: GPH) is a public-use airport in Clay County, Missouri, United States. [1] The airport is located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of Mosby, [1] near Excelsior Springs. [2] [3] It is owned by the Clay County Commission [1] and was formerly known as Clay County Regional Airport.
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. [4]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned GPH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. [5]
Midwest National Air Center covers an area of 573 acres (232 ha) at an elevation of 777 feet (237 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,504 by 100 feet (1,678 x 30 m). [1]
For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2010, the airport had 25,520 aircraft operations, an average of 69 per day: 90% general aviation, 10% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 53 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single- engine, 15% multi-engine, 6% jet, and 2% helicopter. [1]