Taylor County Airport (Wisconsin)

{{Infobox Airport

| name = Taylor County Airport

| image =

| IATA = MDF

| ICAO = KMDZ

| FAA = MDZ

| type = Public

| owner = Taylor County

| location = Medford, Wisconsin

| opened = {{start date|1965|10|}}

| timezone = CST

| utc = UTC−06:00

| summer = CDT

| utcs = UTC−05:00

| elevation-f = 1,478

| elevation-m = 450

| coordinates = {{coord|45|06|05|N|090|18|01|W|region:US_type:airport_scale:10000}}

| website = [http://co.taylor.wi.us/departments/airport/airport.htm co.taylor.wi.us/...]

| pushpin_map = USA Wisconsin#USA

| pushpin_relief = yes

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Wisconsin

| pushpin_label = MDZ

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| r1-number = 9/27

| r1-length-f = 6,000

| r1-length-m = 1,829

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| r2-number = 16/34

| r2-length-f = 4,435

| r2-length-m = 1,352

| r2-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year =

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2022)

| stat1-data = 7,020

| stat2-header = Based aircraft (2024)

| stat2-data = 15

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=MDZ|use=PU|own=PU|site=27364.1*A}}, effective July 11, 2024.

}}

Taylor County Airport {{airport codes|MDF|KMDZ|MDZ}} is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Medford, a city in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States.

It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2025–2029, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.{{cite web |title=NPIAS Report 2025-2029 Appendix A |url=https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/airports/planning_capacity/npias/current/ARP-NPIAS-2025-2029-Appendix-A.pdf |website=Federal Aviation Administration |accessdate=November 11, 2024 |date=October 28, 2024}} Although no commercial airlines service the airport, it does serve general aviation traffic including business and leisure fliers. Hangars are available for lease and fuel is also available.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned MDZ by the FAA and MDF by the IATA[http://gc.kls2.com/airport/MDF Great Circle Mapper: MDF / KMDZ - Medford, Wisconsin (Taylor County Airport)] (which assigned MDZ to El Plumerillo Airport in Mendoza, Argentina[http://gc.kls2.com/airport/MDZ Great Circle Mapper: MDZ / SAME - Mendoza, Argentina (El Plumerillo Airport)]).

Facilities and aircraft

Taylor County Airport covers an area of {{convert|567|acre|ha|lk=on}} at an elevation of 1,478 feet (450 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: the primary runway 9/27 is 6,000 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30m) with approved GPS approaches and the crosswind runway 16/34 is 4,435 by 75 feet (1,352 x 23 m) also with approved GPS approaches.

For the 12-month period ending September 22, 2022, the airport had 7,020 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% air taxi and less than 1% military.

In July 2024, there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: all 15 single-engine.{{Cite web|url=http://www.airnav.com/airports/kmdz|title = AirNav: Airport Information}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090210232119/http://www.co.taylor.wi.us/departments/airport/airport.htm Taylor County Airport] at Taylor County website
{{cite web |url= http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/air/docs/airports/medford.pdf |title= Taylor County Airport |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060923010426/http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/air/docs/airports/medford.pdf |archivedate= 2006-09-23 }} at Wisconsin DOT Airport Directory
{{FAA-procedures|MDZ}}

Category:Airports in Wisconsin

Category:Buildings and structures in Taylor County, Wisconsin

Taylor County Airport (Wisconsin)

Facilities and aircraft

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