Indianapolis Regional Airport


Indianapolis Regional Airport is a public use airport in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. Owned by Indianapolis Airport Authority, it is 12 nautical miles east of the central business district of Indianapolis. The airport is also northwest of Greenfield and southwest of McCordsville. It was known as Mount Comfort Airport until March 2011.
This facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport for Indianapolis International Airport. Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Indianapolis Regional Airport is assigned MQJ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
The airport is home to the Indianapolis Air Show.

Facilities and aircraft

Indianapolis Regional Airport covers an area of 1,805 acres at an elevation of 862 feet above mean sea level. It has two runways: 7/25 with a asphalt surface and 16/34 with a concrete surface.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 47,600 aircraft operations, an average of 130 per day: 84% general aviation and 16% air taxi. In June 2018, there were 107 aircraft based at this airport: 87 single-engine, 8 multi-engine, 10 jet, 1 helicopter and 1 glider.