McKinley National Park Airport

McKinley National Park Airport (IATA: MCL, ICAO: PAIN, FAA LID: INR, formerly 5MK) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of McKinley Park,[1] in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States. It is owned by the U.S. National Park Service[1] and is located at the Denali National Park and Preserve (previously Mount McKinley National Park).

McKinley National Park Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerU.S. National Park Service
ServesMcKinley Park, Alaska
LocationDenali National Park and Preserve
Elevation AMSL1,720 ft / 524 m
Coordinates63°43′59″N 148°54′40″W
Map
MCL
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 3,000 914 Gravel
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations3,200
Based aircraft7

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned INR by the FAA[1] and MCL by the IATA.[2] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAIN.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

McKinley National Park Airport has one runway designated 16/34 with a gravel surface measuring 3,000 by 68 feet (914 x 21 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 3,200 aircraft operations, an average of 266 per month: 69% general aviation and 31% air taxi. At that time there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 57% single-engine, 29% multi-engine and 14% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for INR PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
  2. "MCL / PAIN - McKinley Park, Alaska (McKinley National Park Airport)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-07.


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