Kayenta Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Navajo County, Arizona, US}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Kayenta Airport
| nativename = {{nativename|nv|Tó Dínéeshzheeʼdi chidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi}}
| image =
| IATA = MVM
| ICAO =
| FAA = 0V7
| type = Public use
| owner = Kayenta Township
| operator =
| city-served = Kayenta, Arizona
| location =
| elevation-f = 5,688
| website =
| coordinates = {{coord|36|42|59|N|110|13|42|W|region:US-AZ_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Arizona#USA
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_map_caption =
| pushpin_label = 0V7
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 5/23
| r1-length-f = 7,101
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2010
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 2,000
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=0V7|use=PU|own=PR|site=00712.8*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
}}
Kayenta Airport {{airport codes|MVM{{cite web | url = http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx | title = IATA Airport Code Search (MVM: Kayenta / Monument Valley) | publisher = International Air Transport Association | accessdate = June 5, 2014}}||0V7}} is a public use airport located {{convert|2.3|mi|nmi km|lk=on}} southeast of the central business district of Kayenta, in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It is owned by Kayenta Township, which is part of the Navajo Nation.
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
{{cite web
|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf
|title=2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A
|format=PDF, 2.03 MB
|work= National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration
|date=October 4, 2010
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf
|archivedate=September 27, 2012
}}
It is one of six airports owned by the Navajo Nation; the other five being Chinle Airport (E91), Tuba City Airport (T03) and Window Rock Airport (RQE) in Arizona, plus Crownpoint Airport (0E8) and Shiprock Airport (5V5) in New Mexico.
{{cite web
| title = Navajo Nation, Air Transportation Department
| url = http://www.acrnet.com/navajoair/Default.htm
| accessdate = March 2, 2007
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928195916/http://www.acrnet.com/navajoair/Default.htm
| archivedate = September 28, 2007
}}
Facilities and aircraft
Kayenta Airport covers an area of 140 acres (57 ha) at an elevation of {{convert|5688|ft|m|lk=on}} above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,101 by 75 feet (2,164 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending April 17, 2010, the airport had 2,000 aircraft operations, an average of 166 per month: 75% general aviation and 25% air taxi.
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.azdot.gov/LegacyApplications/Airports/airports_list.asp?FAA=0V7 Kayenta Airport (0V7)] at Arizona DOT
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928195859/http://www.acrnet.com/navajoair/Airports/kayenta.htm Kayenta Airport] at Navajo Air Transportation Department
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=12&lat=36.7139&lon=-110.2335&w=700&h=450&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of June 1997] from USGS The National Map
- {{US-airport-minor|0V7|MVM}}
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