North Perry Airport

North Perry Airport

Coordinates: 26°00′04″N 080°14′27″W / 26.00111°N 80.24083°W / 26.00111; -80.24083

North Perry Airport
IATA: HWOICAO: KHWOFAA LID: HWO
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Broward County Aviation Department
Serves Hollywood, Florida
Location Hollywood, Florida
Elevation AMSL 8 ft / 2 m
Website www.broward.org/airport/...
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9L/27R 3,241 988 Asphalt
9R/27L 3,255 992 Asphalt
18L/36R 3,260 994 Asphalt
18R/36L 3,350 1,021 Asphalt
Statistics (2002)
Aircraft operations 172,744
Based aircraft 325
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

North Perry Airport (IATA: HWOICAO: KHWOFAA LID: HWO) is a public airport located in the City of Pembroke Pines, five miles (8 km) west of the central business district of Hollywood, in Broward County, Florida, United States. The airport is owned by the Broward County Aviation Department.[1] It is a general aviation airport devoted exclusively to private and business light-plane activity.

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History

On December 19, 1939, the HMS Orion, a British light cruiser chased the “Aracua”, a German freighter, into Port Everglades in Florida. The Aracua stayed there until 1941 when it was seized by the military at the start of World War II. During the week of May 4, 1942, German submarines torpedoed seven ships in the area. In response to the nearby attacks, many training bases were set up by the United States military.

In 1943, Henry D. Perry, a dairy farmer, sold 640 acres (2.6 km2) of land to the U.S. Navy for a flight-training field between Hollywood Boulevard and Pembroke Road. It became known as North Perry Field, and functioned as a training facility for the main base of Naval Air Station Miami (NAS Miami). There also was South Perry Field, which was located to the southeast of North Perry (the Florida Turnpike runs right through this area today). South Perry was a grass field (no facilities/structures) that was only intended to be for North Perry overflow.

North Perry remained inactive after the war, until 1950 when it was acquired by Broward County to become a civilian airport. It was then upgraded for small plane use, as a station for advertising blimps, and for United States Coast Guard helicopters practicing search and rescue skills. The facility suffered minor damage during Hurricane Wilma in 2005.

In 2007, North Perry Airport was named the 2008 "General Aviation Airport of the Year" by the Florida Department of Transportation.

Facilities and aircraft

North Perry Airport covers an area of 536 acres (217 ha) which contains four runways[1]:

  • Runway 9L/27R: 3,241 x 100 ft (988 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
  • Runway 9R/27L: 3,255 x 100 ft (992 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
  • Runway 18L/36R: 3,260 x 100 ft (994 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
  • Runway 18R/36L: 3,350 x 100 ft (1,021 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

Other information:

  • Runways 9R/27L and 18R/36L are lit for 24 hour operation
  • There are 164 T-Hangars for aircraft storage
  • The Air Traffic Control Tower is operational from 7:00am - 9:00pm
  • There is extensive flight training activity at the airport.

For the 12-month period ending June 21, 2002, the airport had 172,744 aircraft operations, an average of 473 per day: 99.8% general aviation, 0.2% military, <0.1% air taxi and <0.1% scheduled commercial. There are 325 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 4% helicopter and <1% jet.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for HWO (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25

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