- Brandywine Airport
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Brandywine Airport IATA: OQN – ICAO: KOQN – FAA LID: OQN Summary Airport type Public Owner New Brandywine Airport Club, Inc. Serves West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania Elevation AMSL 466 ft / 142 m Coordinates 39°59′24″N 075°34′55″W / 39.99°N 75.58194°W Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 3,347 1,020 Asphalt Statistics (2009) Aircraft operations 60,065 Based aircraft 113 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Brandywine Airport (IATA: OQN[2], ICAO: KOQN, FAA LID: OQN) is a public use airport located in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania,[3] three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of West Chester. It is privately owned by the New Brandywine Airport Club Inc.[1]
Facilities and aircraft
Brandywine Airport covers an area of 44 acres (18 ha) at an elevation of 466 feet (142 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,347 by 50 feet (1,020 x 15 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 28, 2009, the airport had 60,065 aircraft operations, an average of 164 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 113 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 1% jet and 5% helicopter.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for OQN (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
- ^ "West Chester-Brandywine Airport, PA". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=OQN.
- ^ "COUNTY AIRPORTS FLYING HIGH \ TRAFFIC IS UP AT THE THREE AIRFIELDS. THEY HAVE GROWN TO HANDLE A LOT OF OVERFLOW FROM PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL." Philadelphia Enquirer. October 14, 1999. B01 Neighbors Chester and Brandywine. Retrieved on August 11, 2010. "west of Coatesville the largest Brandywine Airport in West Goshen which is owned by a..."
External links
- Brandywine Airport, official website
- Brandywine Airport at Pennsylvania DOT Bureau of Aviation
- Aerial photo as of 14 April 1999 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for OQN, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for OQN
- ASN accident history for OQN
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for OQN
Categories:- Airports in Pennsylvania
- Transportation in Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Buildings and structures in Chester County, Pennsylvania
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