Mariposa-Yosemite Airport

Mariposa-Yosemite Airport
Mariposa Air Force Auxiliary Field
Mariposa-Yosemite Airport; Mariposa Air Force Auxiliary Field
	IATA: none; ICAO: KMPI; FAA LID: MPI;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	County of Mariposa
Location	Mariposa, California
Elevation AMSL	2,254 ft / 687 m
Coordinates	37°30′39″N 120°02′22″W / 37.51083°N 120.03944°W
Map
	KMPI Location of Mariposa-Yosemite Airport
Runways
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	32,000
Based aircraft	52
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Mariposa-Yosemite Airport (ICAO: KMPI, FAA LID: MPI, formerly O68) is a public airport located four miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Mariposa, in Mariposa County, California, United States. It is owned by the County of Mariposa.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Mariposa-Yosemite Airport is assigned MPI by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA^[2] (which assigned MPI to Mamitupo, Panama).^[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Mariposa-Yosemite Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (8/26) measuring 3,306 x 60 ft (1,008 x 18 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 2, 2007, the airport had 32,000 aircraft operations, an average of 87 per day: 94% general aviation and 6% air taxi. There are 52 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single engine, 2% multi-engine and 2% ultralight.^[1]

World War II

During World War II, the airport was designated as Mariposa Air Force Auxiliary Field, and was an auxiliary training airfield for Merced Army Airfield, California.