Monroe City Regional Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 located one nautical mile (1.85 km) south of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Monroe City

Monroe City, Missouri

Monroe City is a city in Marion, Monroe, and Ralls counties in the US state of Missouri. The population was 2,588 at the 2000 census.The Marion and Ralls County portions of Monroe City are part of the Hannibal Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

, in Monroe County, Missouri

Missouri

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, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the City of Monroe and is also known as Capt. Ben Smith Airfield.

Facilities and aircraft

Monroe City Airport covers an area of 85 acres (34.4 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 737 feet (225 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,515 by 50 feet (1,071 x 15 m).

For the 12-month period ending April 9, 2008, the airport had 2,060 aircraft operations, an average of 171 per month: 97% general aviation

General aviation

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, 2% air taxi

Air taxi

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, and 1% military

Military aviation

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.
At that time there were 12 single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 aircraft based at this airport.

External links

• Aerial photo as of 3 April 1995 from USGS The National Map