Manassas Regional Airport

Manassas Regional Airport Harry P. Davis Field
IATA: HEF[1] or MNZ[2] – ICAO: KHEF – FAA LID: HEF
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Manassas
Serves		Manassas, Virginia
Elevation AMSL		192 ft / 59 m
Coordinates		38°43′17″N 077°30′56″W / 38.72139°N 77.51556°W / 38.72139; -77.51556
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
16L/34R	5,700	1,737	Asphalt
16R/34L	3,702	1,128	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			139,625
Based aircraft			401
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[3]

Manassas Regional Airport (IATA: HEF^[1] or MNZ^[2], ICAO: KHEF, FAA LID: HEF), also known as Harry P. Davis Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of the central business district of Manassas, in a section of Manassas that was carved out of Prince William County specifically for the purpose of containing the airport.^[3] It is mostly located within the city of Manassas, but a small section of the airport grounds are located in unincorporated Prince William County.^[4]

History

Colgan Air building

An airport for Manassas was proposed in 1930, when the mayor was Harry P. Davis. It was built in 1931 on 95 acres located along Virginia Route 234, in the area now known as Manaport Shopping Center. Due to airport activity and nearby housing development, the airport was moved to its current location in 1964. The new airport opened with a single 3700' x 100' paved runway. In 1992, the city purchased a control tower from an airport near Denver and reassembled it at Manassas Regional Airport. A new terminal was built in 1996. ^[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Manassas Regional Airport covers an area of 888 acres (359 ha) at an elevation of 192 feet (59 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 16L/34R measuring 5,700 x 100 feet (1,737 x 30 m) and 16R/34L measuring 3,702 x 100 feet (1,128 x 30 m).^[3]

For the 12-month period ending August 14, 2006, the airport had 139,625 aircraft operations, an average of 382 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 401 aircraft based at this airport: 72% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, 6% jet and 4% helicopter.^[3]

See also

	Virginia portal
	Aviation portal

• Broad Run/Airport (VRE station)
• Colgan Air (headquarters formerly located on airport grounds)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Aviation Safety Network (IATA: HEF)
2. ^ ^{a b} Great Circle Mapper (IATA: MNZ)
3. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for HEF (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
4. ^ "Department of GIS/Mapping," City of Manassas
5. ^ Airport History at City of Manassas website

External links

• Manassas Regional Airport at City of Manassas website
• Bussmann Aviation
• Coordinates: 38°43′17″N 77°30′55″W / 38.7214°N 77.5154°W / 38.7214; -77.5154
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 20 October 2011
• FAA Terminal Procedures for HEF, effective 20 October 2011
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KHEF
  • ASN accident history for HEF
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KHEF