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Mason City Municipal Airport is a city owned, public use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) west of the central business district of Mason City, in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.〔 Located in the northern part of Lake Township, the airport is just northeast of the city of Clear Lake. It is used for general aviation, although it previously had commercial service subsidized through the Essential Air Service (EAS) program. As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 11,678 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 11,076 in 2009, and 13,852 in 2010.〔 〕 The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''primary commercial service'' airport.〔 〕 == History == The airport was founded in 1927 by the Mason City Chamber of Commerce and the Clausen-Worden Post of the American Legion, hence its airport code "MCW". In the early morning hours of February 3, 1959, following a concert at the Surf Ballroom in nearby Clear Lake, musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, along with pilot Roger Peterson, died in a plane crash after taking off from the Mason City Municipal Airport. This event is not commemorated anywhere on the airport grounds. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mason City Municipal Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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