# Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ)

**Mountain Empire Airport** (ICAO: KMKJ) is a small airport in Rural Retreat, Virginia, United States. It opened in Sep 1958. It has one runway, 5,252 ft (1,601 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KMKJ
- FAA: MKJ
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Rural Retreat, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Sep 1958
- Elevation: 2,558 ft / 780 m
- Coordinates: 36.8949, -81.3499
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,252 ft / 1,601 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Empire_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712918
- Weather station: KMKJ
- Ident: KMKJ

## Timeline

- Sep 1958: Mountain Empire Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 5,252 ft / 1,601 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 073° / 253° | yes |

- 08/26 slopes 1.1%: threshold 26 at 2,503 ft / 763 m, threshold 08 at 2,558 ft / 780 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,252 ft / 1,601 m | =5,795 of 29,858 | =1,917 in North America | =1,543 in US |
| Elevation | 2,558 ft / 780 m | =6,754 of 43,403 | =3,208 in North America | =2,468 in US |
| Age | Opened 1958 | =4,324 of 15,079 | =2,944 in North America | =2,872 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 123.875 |
| CNTR | ATLANTA CNTR | 132.900 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

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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/kmkj/data