# Mount Airy Surry County Airport (KMWK)

**Mount Airy Surry County Airport** (ICAO: KMWK) is a small airport in Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Jan 1968. It has one runway, 5,500 ft (1,676 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KMWK
- FAA: MWK
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Jan 1968
- Elevation: 1,269 ft / 387 m
- Coordinates: 36.4597, -80.5530
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,500 ft / 1,676 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Airy/Surry_County_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3886707
- Weather station: KMWK
- Ident: KMWK

## Timeline

- Jan 1968: Mount Airy Surry County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 173° / 353° | yes |

- 18/36 slopes 1.1%: threshold 36 at 1,209 ft / 368 m, threshold 18 at 1,269 ft / 387 m.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/06492AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | =5,417 of 29,858 | =1,676 in North America | =1,334 in US |
| Elevation | 1,269 ft / 387 m | =14,219 of 43,403 | =6,160 in North America | =4,783 in US |
| Age | Opened 1968 | =5,887 of 15,079 | =4,192 in North America | =4,105 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | GREENSBORO APP/DEP | 124.350 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 121.125 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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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/kmwk/data