| Freeway Airport | |
| Faa: | W00 |
| Type: | Private |
| Owner: | Freeway Airport Inc. |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Maryland#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Maryland |
| Pushpin Label: | W00 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| City-Served: | Mitchellville, Maryland |
| Location: | 3900 Church Rd. |
| Elevation-F: | 168 |
| Elevation-M: | 51 |
| Website: | http://freewayaviation.com/ |
| R1-Number: | 18/36 |
| R1-Length-F: | 2,420 |
| R1-Length-M: | 738 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2023 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 8/9/2023) |
| Stat1-Data: | 32,115 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Freeway Airport is a privately owned airport located in Mitchellville, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It has Cessna 172s and a PA28R-200 IFR available to rent.[2]
Freeway Airport became active in June 1961, in Prince George's County, 2 miles NW of Mitchellville, Maryland. It has maintained an active flight school operation since its founding.
Hani Hanjour, one of the hijackers involved in the events of September 11, 2001, attempted to rent an aircraft at Freeway Airport after claiming to be qualified to do so.[3] A month before the attack, "instructors at Freeway Airport in Bowie flew with him and deemed him unfit to rent a plane by himself".[4]
In February 2006, a Cessna 172 crashed at Freeway Airport due to poor visibility.[5]
On September 3, 2013, a Mooney M20 had crashed while taking off from runway 36. The three people on board were badly injured.[6]
On September 12, 2019, a small Mooney plane (N202JB) crashed on U.S. Route 50, striking a car. Two people aboard the plane suffered minor injuries but did not seek medical attention at a hospital, and two people in the car suffered minor injuries.[7] [8]
Airport WebSite: Freeway Aviation