KMKJ Mountain Empire Airport
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KMKJ
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 2558.2 ft
- Coordinates
- 36-53-41.4560N 081-20-59.8060W
- Lat / Long
- 36.8948489, -81.3499461
- Mag. variation
- 06W (1990)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 09/1958
- ARTCC
- ATLANTA CENTER
- FSS
- LEESBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- MKJ (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- MON-SAT 0800-1800, ALL SUN CLOSED CALL 276-685-9314
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- MIRL RWY 08/26 PRESET LOW INTST; ACTVT HIGHER INTST - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KMKJ
Runways
Longest 5252 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5252 x 75 ft. / 1601 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 20.0
Runway 8
- Heading
- 079 magnetic, 073 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- LOC/DME
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 2558.2 ft.
- Obstructions
- 26 ft. trees, 612 ft. from runway, 213 ft. left of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear
Runway 26
- Heading
- 259 magnetic, 253 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.75 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 2502.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- 8 FT BUSH 80 FT FRM THLD, 120 L OF CNTRLN ON APCH.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 2
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.7
- Wx Awos-3
- 123.875 (276-686-6420)
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A+
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A+
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.