# Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO / KMUO)

**Mountain Home Air Force Base** (IATA: MUO, ICAO: KMUO) is a medium airport in Mountain Home, Idaho, United States. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 13,510 ft (4,118 m) long, paved. It is operated by Air Combat Command.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MUO / KMUO
- FAA: MUO
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Air Combat Command
- Serves: Mountain Home, Idaho, United States
- Opened: 1942
- Elevation: 2,996 ft / 913 m
- Coordinates: 43.0436, -115.8720
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 13,510 ft / 4,118 m
- Instrument procedures: 8 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Boise
- Website: http://www.mountainhome.af.mil
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Home_Air_Force_Base (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1407551
- Weather station: KMUO
- Ident: KMUO

## Timeline

- 1942: Mountain Home Air Force Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 13,510 ft / 4,118 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Paved | 135° / 315° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00323AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 13,510 ft / 4,118 m | #66 of 29,858 | #21 in North America | #16 in US |
| Elevation | 2,996 ft / 913 m | =5,508 of 43,403 | =2,731 in North America | =2,107 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 124.800 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 27.350 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 127.100 |
| DEP | DEP | 37.120 |
| GND | GND | 120.500 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 34.250 |
| POST | ACC COMD POST | 38.130 |
| PTD | PTD | 138.900 |
| RDO | BOISE RDO | 122.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 133.850 |

## Nearby airports

- [BOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kboi.md) Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field · 40 mi / 65 km
- [TWF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktwf.md) Joslin Field Magic Valley Regional Airport · 80 mi / 129 km
- [SUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksun.md) Friedman Memorial Airport · 85 mi / 137 km
- [ONO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kono.md) Ontario Municipal Airport · 88 mi / 142 km

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #66

## 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/kmuo/data