Kokomo Municipal Airport – OKK Kokomo
Kokomo Municipal Airport is a public-used airport located in north of Kokomo, the 13th biggest city in Howard County, Indiana. Kokomo is known as the “City of Firsts” for it is in the city where the first automobile was manufactured, the first canned tomato juice was produced, the first mechanical corn picker was used and the first McDonald’s with outside dinner was opened commonly known as McDinner. Kokomo Municipal Airport has a designated IATA airport code of OKK, catering the general aviation needs of the entire Kokomo as well as its nearby cities of Beech Grove, Avon, Boggstown and Clermont.
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The Kokomo Municipal Airport (OKK) has a total land area of 240 hectares at an altitude of 253 meters above sea level. The airport features two asphalt runways that handled more than 17,000 aircraft movements consisting mainly of general aviation operations. It is also the base hub of 50 aircrafts mostly single-engine airplanes. The Federal Aviation Administration’s National Plan of Integrated Airports system classified the airport as general aviation service facility for the inclusive year of 2009 to 2013.
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The Comfort Inn Near Kokomo Speedway is the nearest hotel just within 4.35 miles away from Kokomo Municipal Airport. It is a 2-star hotel standard hotel that is also near Elwood Haynes Museum and Indiana University Kokomo. Other nearby hotels from the airport are the Baymont by Wyndham Kokomo and the Quality Inn & Suites.
Marion Municipal Airport (MZZ) is the nearest airport from Kokomo Municipal Airport catering the general aviation needs of Marion, Indiana.