Rostraver Airport Explained

Rostraver Airport
Icao:KFWQ
Faa:FWQ
Type:Public
Owner:Westmoreland County Airport Authority
City-Served:Monongahela, Pennsylvania
Location:Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania
Elevation-F:1,228
Elevation-M:374
Coordinates:40.2097°N -79.8314°W
Pushpin Map:USA Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Pennsylvania
Pushpin Label:FWQ
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:8/26
R1-Length-F:4,002
R1-Length-M:1,220
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2021
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 5/3/2021)
Stat1-Data:43,920
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:45
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Rostraver Airport is a public use airport in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Geography

It is located five nautical miles (9 km) east of the central business district of Monongahela, Pennsylvania in Rostraver Township. It is operated by the Westmoreland County Airport Authority, which also operates the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity Township, Pennsylvania.

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of FWQ by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code.[2] [3]

Facilities and aircraft

Rostraver Airport covers an area of 300acres at an elevation of 1,228 feet (374 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 8/26 which measures 4,002 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 3, 2021, the airport had 43,920 aircraft operations, an average of 120 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 45 aircraft based at this airport: 40 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, and 1 glider.

See also

References

  1. , effective 2023-09-07.
  2. Web site: Airline and Airport Code Search . International Air Transport Association (IATA) . November 14, 2016.
  3. Web site: Rostraver Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KFWQ, FAA: FWQ) . Great Circle Mapper . November 14, 2016.

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