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McCall Municipal Airport
McCall Municipal Airport (IATA: MYL, ICAO: KMYL, FAA LID: MYL) is a city-owned public-use airport in the western United States, located in McCall, Idaho.[1] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2] McCall is home to a U.S. Forest Service smokejumper base, one of seven in the nation. The airport was the site of a fatal crash in 2008 on May 2, when two single-engine planes collided on final approach to runway 34 and exploded, resulting in three deaths.[3][4]  Facilities and aircraftMcCall Municipal Airport covers an area of 197 acres (0.80 km2) at an elevation of 5,024 feet (1,531 m) above sea level. It has one runway, aligned north-south and designated 16/34, with an asphalt surface measuring 6,108 by 75 feet (1,862 by 23 m).[1] The north end of the runway is about a mile (1.6 km) south of Payette Lake. For the 12-month period ending August 13, 2010, the airport had 43,600 aircraft operations, an average of 119 per day: 84% general aviation, 16% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time, there were 94 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 3% jet, and 1% helicopter.[1] See alsoReferences
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