Carroll County Regional Airport Explained

Carroll County Regional Airport
Nativename:Jack B. Poage Field
Icao:KDMW
Faa:DMW
Type:Public
Owner:Carroll County
Pushpin Map:USA Maryland#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Maryland / United States
Pushpin Label:DMW
Pushpin Label Position:left
Location:Westminster, Maryland
Elevation-F:789
Elevation-M:240
Coordinates:39.6083°N -77.0078°W
Website:https://carrollcountyregionalairport.com/
R1-Number:16/34
R1-Length-F:5,100
R1-Length-M:1,554
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2023
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 5/4/2023)
Stat1-Data:56,224
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:112
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Carroll County Regional Airport, also known as Jack B. Poage Field, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Westminster, in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The airport is owned by Carroll County Board of Commissioners. It is designated as a reliever airport for the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI).[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Carroll County Regional Airport is assigned DMW by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA due to the small size of the airport and its main use being general aviation.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Carroll County Regional Airport covers an area of 475acres which contains one asphalt paved runway (16/34) measuring 5,100 x 100 ft (1,554 x 30 m). The airport also has a flight school called Dream Flight School.

For the 12-month period ending May 4, 2023, the airport had 56,224 aircraft operations, an average of 154 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% air taxi and <1% military. There was at that time 112 aircraft based at this airport: 90 single engine, 13 multi-engine, 3 jet aircraft and 6 helicopters.

There are currently no plans to bring commercial service to the airport. The nearest airport with commercial service is Baltimore BWI airport, serving flights to many US cities and with a few flights to/from Europe.

The airport does not have air traffic control.

Amenities

The airport is near MD-97. It is also located in the vicinity of Carroll County Pond. It is near a populated area of Carroll County.

Fatal airshow accident

On September 23, 1990, 62-year-old pilot Jack B. Poage was killed when his red-and-white Pitts S-2B crashed into a grassy field near the main runway of the airport after he failed to leave enough altitude to recover from a flat spin maneuver during his plane stunt. The field where he crashed was later named after him in his honor.[4] The crash was caught on camera by a witness.

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Notes and References

  1. , effective April 18, 2024.
  2. http://www.carrollcountyairport.com/ Carroll County Regional Airport
  3. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KDMW Great Circle Mapper: KDMW - Westminster, Maryland (Carroll County Regional Airport)
  4. Web site: Stunt flight turns into disaster Veteran pilot crashes, dies before thousands at air show. 24 September 1990 .