Warrenton-Fauquier Airport

Warrenton-Fauquier Airport

is a county-owned, public-use airport located 12 nautical miles (22 km) southeast of the central business district of Warrenton, a town in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned HWY by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KHWY Great Circle Mapper: KHWY - Warrenton, Virginia] ]

Facilities and aircraft

Warrenton-Fauquier Airport covers an area of 407 acres (165 ha) at an elevation of 336 feet (102 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with a 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m) asphalt surface.

For the 12-month period ending June 29, 2007, the airport had 42,184 aircraft operations, an average of 115 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 119 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine (100), 13% multi-engine, 3% ultralight and 1% helicopter.

References

External links

*US-airport-ga|HWY|-
**FAA-procedures|HWY


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