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Shorten Airfield

MU06 · Atlanta, Missouri · Macon County · map

Shorten Airfield is a private airport, 5 miles northwest of Atlanta, Missouri, 898 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,100 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes
FAA MU06
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation
898 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
On the chart
Kansas City sectional
In the FAA's files since
June 2019

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0927N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
09/272,100 × 60 ftGrass

Aircraft registered in Atlanta from the FAA register

2 aircraft are registered to owners in Atlanta, Missouri: 2 piston singles. 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 Missouri.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

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.