Mount Washington Regional Airport

Mount Washington Regional Airport
IATA: HIE – ICAO: KHIE
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Town of Whitefield
Location		Whitefield, New Hampshire
Elevation AMSL		1,074 ft / 327.4 m
Coordinates		44°22′03.41″N 71°32′40.09″W / 44.3676139°N 71.5444694°W / 44.3676139; -71.5444694Coordinates: 44°22′03.41″N 71°32′40.09″W / 44.3676139°N 71.5444694°W / 44.3676139; -71.5444694
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
10/28	4,001	1,220	Asphalt

Mount Washington Regional Airport (IATA: HIE, ICAO: KHIE) is a public airport located 3 miles (5 km) east of downtown Whitefield in Coos County, New Hampshire, USA. The Civil Air Patrol maintains a composite squadron at this location.

The airport has a single, newly re-paved runway that is 4,001 feet (1,220 m) long, 75 feet (23 m) wide, at an average altitude of 1,074 feet (327 m) MSL, beneath the Yankee One Military Operations Area (MOA). It features pilot-controlled lighting. Traffic pattern altitude is 2,000 feet (610 m) MSL, and pilots must make right traffic for runway 28 unless winds require use of Runway 10 during landing. Scheduled runway improvements have been completed and accepted which include re-alignment and resurfacing of a lengthened runway from 3,495 to 4,100 feet (1,065 to 1,200 m).

Local attractions include: Mountain View Grand Hotel 2 miles (3.2 km), Mount Washington Hotel 15 miles (24 km) (including Bretton Woods Mountain Resort), Mount Washington Cog Railway, Santa's Village (9 miles (14 km)) and Six Gun City (8 miles (13 km)) theme parks (Jefferson). Other local towns include Franconia (and its Cannon Mountain Ski Area) (18 miles (29 km)), Littleton (14 miles (23 km)), Bethlehem (11 miles (18 km)) and Lancaster (10 miles (16 km)), where the Coos County Fair is held each summer. A regional view can be enjoyed from the lookout tower at historic Weeks State Park, located on Mount Prospect in Lancaster.

External links

• Mount Washington Regional Airport
• Mount Washington Regional Airport (allroutes.to)
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KHIE
  • ASN accident history for HIE
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KHIE