🇺🇸 Mitchell Municipal Airport

Mitchell Municipal Airport (KMHE/MHE) is a public general aviation airport located three miles north of Mitchell, in Davison County, South Dakota.

• Location: Mitchell, South Dakota, United States.
• Ownership: City of Mitchell.
• Elevation: 1,304 feet (397 meters) above mean sea level.
• Runways:
• 12/30: 6,700 by 100 feet (2,042 x 30 meters), asphalt surface.
• 17/35 (also referred to as 18/36): 5,513 by 100 feet (1,680 x 30 meters), asphalt surface.
• Operations: The airport is non-towered, and pilots use CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 for communications. In 2011, it had 19,450 aircraft operations, primarily general aviation (95%).
• Services: Fuel (100LL and Jet A) is available 24 hours a day. Other services include airframe and powerplant repair, air freight, crop dusting, charter, pilot instruction, aircraft rental, and sales.
• Historical Significance: Opened in November 1937, the facility was rebuilt in 1943 by the United States Army Air Forces as Mitchell Army Airfield, serving as a training airfield for B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator heavy bombers during World War II. It was transferred to civil use after the war.

*Sources researched: en.wikipedia.org, vfrmap.com, maps.avnwx.com, iflightplanner.com, pilotgpt.com*