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Mariposa Yosemite Airport (KMPI) is a small general aviation field near Mariposa, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, serving as a convenient gateway for pilots visiting Yosemite National Park. It offers a single lit hard-surface runway and straightforward non-towered operations typical of rural Californian airfields.
Mariposa Yosemite Airport, identified by the ICAO code KMPI, lies near the town of Mariposa in Mariposa County, California. It is a small, non-towered general aviation airport that gives pilots convenient air access to the Yosemite National Park area in the Sierra Nevada foothills, making it a popular stop for visual flight rules traffic heading into the region.
The airfield sits at an elevation of 2238 feet at coordinates 37.5109, -120.04, in the Sierra Nevada foothills near the town of Mariposa. It operates as an uncontrolled aerodrome, with traffic in the vicinity falling under the wider airspace overseen by Oakland Center.
Mariposa Yosemite Airport has a single physical runway, 08/26, measuring 3294 feet with a hard surface. Both runway ends are lit, and the field has no instrument landing system.
Pilots operating in the vicinity of Mariposa Yosemite Airport should monitor 122.7 MHz, which serves as the common traffic advisory frequency and unicom. Weather information is available through an AWOS-3 automated weather observing system on 135.6 MHz, and 121.25 MHz is associated with Oakland Center in this area.
Mariposa Yosemite Airport continues to serve as a general aviation airfield supporting light aircraft traffic bound for the town of Mariposa and the wider Yosemite region.