Mariposa-Yosemite Airport
MPI · KMPI · Mariposa, California · Mariposa County · map
Mariposa-Yosemite Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Mariposa, 4 miles west of Mariposa, California, 2,254 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,305 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MPI · ICAO KMPI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Mariposa
- Elevation
- 2,254 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,305 × 60 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 45 ft high 1,340 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 29 ft high 762 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Angels Camp Center (remote transmitter) Low | 121.25 | |
| Mpi and aWOS-3 | 135.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 209-966-2912.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Mariposa from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Mariposa, California: 18 piston singles, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Transitional surface obstruction: mountains to north of runway 08/26.
- Activate PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Unsealed med to high svrty longl and lateral cracks in the asphalt pavement extd the entire length of runway 8/26 with some loose debris found scattered air carriers the surface.
- Runway 08 terrain drops along both sides of taxiway 45 feet from runway edge.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.