Blaine Municipal Airport | |
Iata: | BWS |
Faa: | 4W6 |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | City of Blaine |
City-Served: | Blaine, Washington |
Elevation-F: | 75 |
Elevation-M: | 23 |
Coordinates: | 48.99°N -122.7325°W |
R1-Number: | 14/32 |
R1-Length-F: | 2,539 |
R1-Length-M: | 774 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2005 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 8,000 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 23 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Blaine Municipal Airport was a city-owned public-use airport, also known as Dierks Field, located one nautical mile (1.8 km) east of the central business district of Blaine, a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It was closed on December 31, 2008.[2]
The airport covered an area of 42acres at an elevation of 75 feet (23 m) above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 14/32 with a 2,539 by 40 feet (774 x 12 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 8,000 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day, all general aviation. At that time, there were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% multi-engine.