Indianola Municipal Airport
{{for|the airport which had IATA code IDL when it was known as Idlewild Airport|John F. Kennedy International Airport}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Indianola Municipal Airport
| nativename = {{small|(former Indianola Auxiliary Field)}}
| image = Indianola Municipal Airport - Mississippi.jpg
| caption = USGS 2006 orthophoto
| IATA =
| ICAO = KIDL
| FAA = IDL
| type = Public
| owner = City of Indianola
| operator =
| city-served = Indianola, Mississippi
| location =
| elevation-f = 126
| website =
| coordinates = {{coord|33|29|09|N|090|40|44|W|region:US-MS|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Mississippi#USA
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_mapsize = 150
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Mississippi
| pushpin_label = IDL
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 18/36
| r1-length-f = 7,004
| r1-surface = Concrete
| stat-year = 2012
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 21,500
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 21
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=IDL|use=PU|own=PU|site=11274.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
}}
Indianola Municipal Airport {{airport codes||KIDL|IDL}} is a public use airport in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. The airport is owned by the City of Indianola"[http://www.wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=12132644 Poplarville, Hattiesburg among airports receiving grants] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228204120/http://www.wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=12132644 |date=2012-02-28 }}." WDAM. March 12, 2010. Retrieved on September 23, 2010. and located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district.
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.{{cite book
|section=Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost
|title=National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports
|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/index.cfm?sect=2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027122636/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/index.cfm?sect=2011
|archive-date=2012-10-27
|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration
|date=October 4, 2010
}} In 2010 the airport received a $88,997 Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program grant to rehabilitate the airport beacon and to fund the installation of a water system.
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned IDL by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
{{cite web | url = http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx
| title = IATA Airport Code Search (IDL)
| publisher = International Air Transport Association
| access-date = August 14, 2013
}}
{{cite web
| url = http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KIDL
| title = Indianola Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KIDL, FAA: IDL)
| publisher = Great Circle Mapper
| access-date = August 14, 2013
}}
History
The airport was opened during World War II, and was designated as Indianola Auxiliary Field and was used as an auxiliary training airfield supporting the Army pilot training school at Greenwood Army Airfield. It was turned over for civil use in January 1947.
Facilities and aircraft
Indianola Municipal Airport covers an area of 600 acres (243 ha) at an elevation of 126 feet (38 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with a concrete surface measuring 7,004 by 150 feet (2,135 x 46 m).
For the 12-month period ending February 8, 2012, the airport had 21,500 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 58 per day. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine and 14% multi-engine.
See also
{{stack|{{Portal|Mississippi|Aviation}}}}
References
External links
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=12&lat=33.4857&lon=-90.6789&w=600&h=800&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of March 1992]{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} from USGS The National Map
- {{FAA-procedures|IDL}}
- {{US-airport-minor|IDL||KIDL}}
{{Indianola, Mississippi}}
Category:Airports in Mississippi
Category:Transportation in Sunflower County, Mississippi
Category:Buildings and structures in Sunflower County, Mississippi
Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Mississippi