Millard Airport – MIQ Omaha
Millard Airport is a public-used airport with an assigned IATA airport code of MIQ, located situated 11 kilometers away from Omaha City’s main industrial district in Douglas County, Nebraska. The airport is owned and managed by the Omaha Airport Authority takes control of the Omaha’s primary airport, Eppey Airfield. Millard Airport serves the general aviation requirements of the greater metropolitan area of Omaha and its surrounding towns of Boys Town, La Vista and Papillion.
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Millard Airport resides in an elevation of 320 meters above mean sea level with a total land area of 67 hectares. The airport has a single designated 12/30 asphalt runway stretching 1,159 meters long. As of 2005, Millard Airport has nearly 73,200 aircraft movements or with an average daily operations of 198 consisting mainly of general aviation and the base hub of 173 aircrafts that are mostly single-engine and multi-engine aircrafts, based on the records of Federal Aviation Administration.
What to Do & Area Attractions
There are plenty of hotel accommodations to book within few kilometers from Millard Airport. One of the best hotel options is Super 8 by Wyndham Omaha I-80 West, which is 2-star budget friendly hotel located three miles from the airport with direct access to the city’s terminal bus station. Other nearby hotels to stay when in Omaha are the La Quinta Inn by Wyndham Omaha Southwest, the cozy Comfort Inn and the pet-friendly Quality Inn & Suites.
Eppey Airfield (OMA) is another airport in Omaha, Nebraska approximately 17 miles away from Millard airport. This airport managed the international air traffic operations of eastern Nebraska.
