# National Wildlife Refuge Airport (MGI)

**National Wildlife Refuge Airport** (IATA: MGI) is a small airport in Matagorda Island, Texas, United States. It opened in 1943. It closed in 1975.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MGI / —
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Matagorda Island, Texas, United States
- Opened: 1943
- Closed: 1975
- Elevation: 7 ft / 2 m
- Coordinates: 28.3230, -96.4640
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagorda_Island_Air_Force_Base (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6785979
- Weather station: KPKV
- Ident: MGI

## Timeline

- 1943: National Wildlife Refuge Airport opens.
- 1975: National Wildlife Refuge Airport closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 7 ft / 2 m | =42,809 of 43,403 | =19,248 in North America | =15,667 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [US-4347](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-4347.md) La Salle Ranch Airport · 7.2 mi / 12 km
- [72TA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/72ta.md) Pierce Field · 14 mi / 23 km
- [9TE4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9te4.md) Tanner's Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [8TA1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/8ta1.md) Whatley Flying Service Airport · 21 mi / 34 km
- [US-0261](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0261.md) Matagorda Peninsula Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [KPKV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpkv.md) Calhoun County Airport · 26 mi / 42 km

## Sources

- [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/mgi/data