# New Albany Union County Airport (M72)

**New Albany Union County Airport** (FAA: M72) is a small airport in New Albany, Mississippi, United States. It opened in Jan 1963. It has one runway, 3,903 ft (1,190 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/km72

## At a glance

- FAA: M72
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: New Albany, Mississippi, United States
- Opened: Jan 1963
- Elevation: 413 ft / 126 m
- Coordinates: 34.5490, -89.0245
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,903 ft / 1,190 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Albany-Union_County_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14693325
- Weather station: KTUP · WMO 72332
- Ident: KM72

## Timeline

- Jan 1963: New Albany Union County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 3,903 ft / 1,190 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 176° / 356° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,903 ft / 1,190 m | =10,947 of 29,858 | =4,266 in North America | #3,544 in US |
| Elevation | 413 ft / 126 m | #28,803 of 43,403 | #13,596 in North America | #11,418 in US |
| Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | =3,512 in North America | =3,434 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/km72/data