Morris Municipal Airport

Morris Municipal Airport (IATA: MOX, ICAO: KMOX, FAA LID: MOX), also known as Charlie Schmidt Field, is a public use airport three miles (5 km) southwest of Morris in Stevens County, Minnesota. It is owned and operated by the City of Morris.[2]

Morris Municipal Airport
Charlie Schmidt Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Morris
LocationMorris, Minnesota
OpenedMarch 1942[1]
Elevation AMSL1,135.9 ft / 346 m
Coordinates45°33′57″N 095°58′01″W
Websiteci.morris.mn.us/airport
Map
MOX
Location of airport in Minnesota / United States
MOX
MOX (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 4,002 1,220 Asphalt
4/22 2,637 804 Grass
Statistics
Aircraft Operations (2017)5,906
Based Aircraft (2017)19
Source: FAA[2]

The airport is named after longtime Morris resident Charlie Schmidt and the found of the Minnesota "Flying Farmers." Mr. Schmidt was an aerial applicator and flight instructor. [3]

Facilities and aircraft

Morris Municipal Airport - Charlie Schmidt Field covers 163 acres encompassing two runways. Runway 14/32 serves as the main runway with an asphalt surface measuring 4,002 by 75 feet. Runway 4/22 is turf and serves as the crosswind runway measuring 2,637 by 145 feet. The turf runway at MOX is closed during the winter.[4]

The airport features an arrival and departure building built in 1990[1] for general aviation and several hangars. In addition to recreational use, the airport is used by corporate air taxi flights, aerial agriculture spraying planes, and daily United Parcel Service cargo feeder flights from Fargo, North Dakota.[4] The cargo flights are operated by Bemidji Airlines.[5]

In 2017, the airport had 5,906 aircraft operations with 19 aircraft based at the field.[2]

History

The airport was built under a Works Progress Administration grant in 1940. The airport opened in 1942 with four turf runways ranging in length from 1700 to 3400 feet long.[1] The newly opened airport hosted a Civilian Pilot Training Program during World War II.[3] In the early 1960s the east–west turf runway was closed, and the north–south turf runway was closed in the early 1980s. In 1961 State and Federal funding was used to grade a new Runway 14–32, and regrade the north–south runway. In 1965 State and Federal funding was used to pave runway 14–32 at 3000 feet by 75 feet and to install runway lighting. In 1984 Runway 14-32 was reconstructed and lengthened to 3400 feet. In 2003 the runway was extended another 600 feet to its current length. In 2016 a parallel taxiway for runway 14-32 was constructed. [1]

Airlines and destinations

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Bemidji Airlines Fargo

References
  1. "Airport Master Plan Update Morris Municipal Airport" (PDF). October 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  2. "MOX FAA Form 5010 Airport Master Record". www.gcr1.com. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  3. Foster, Tom (March 2017). "Airport of the Month". Minnesota Flyer.
  4. "City of Morris - Morris Municipal Airport". ci.morris.mn.us. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  5. "History ✈ Bemidji Aviation #68 ✈ FlightAware". web.archive.org. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2019-09-18.

Flying Clubs
  • Morris-Hancock Flying Club
  • Pomme De Terre Flying Club
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