Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport

Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Mena
ServesMena, Arkansas
Elevation AMSL1,080 ft / 329 m
Coordinates34°32′43″N 094°12′10″W / 34.54528°N 94.20278°W / 34.54528; -94.20278
Websitewww.menaairport.com
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UMZ/KMEZ/MEZ is located in Arkansas
UMZ/KMEZ/MEZ
UMZ/KMEZ/MEZ
Location of airport in Arkansas
UMZ/KMEZ/MEZ is located in the United States
UMZ/KMEZ/MEZ
UMZ/KMEZ/MEZ
UMZ/KMEZ/MEZ (the United States)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 5,485 1,672 Asphalt
17/35 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Aircraft operations (year ending 1/31/2020)31,000
Based aircraft23

Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport (IATA: UMZ, ICAO: KMEZ, FAA LID: MEZ) is a city-owned, public-use airport located 2 nmi (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Mena, a city in Polk County, Arkansas, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport is assigned MEZ by the FAA[1] and UMZ by the IATA (which assigned MEZ to Messina, South Africa).[3] The airport's ICAO identifier is KMEZ.[4]

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for MEZ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  3. ^ "Messina Airport, South Africa (IATA: MEZ, ICAO: FAMS)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  4. ^ "Mena Intermountain Municipal – MEZ (KMEZ)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 28, 2012.