| Warrenton–Fauquier Airport | |
| Icao: | KHWY |
| Faa: | HWY |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Fauquier County |
| City-Served: | Warrenton, Virginia |
| Elevation-F: | 336 |
| Elevation-M: | 102 |
| Coordinates: | 38.5864°N -77.7106°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia Northern#USA Virginia#USA |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Label: | HWY |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| R1-Number: | 15/33 |
| R1-Length-F: | 5,000 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,524 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2007 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 42,184 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 119 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Warrenton–Fauquier Airport is a public airport 14 miles southeast of Warrenton, a town in Fauquier County, Virginia.
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is HWY to the FAA and has no IATA code.[2]
Warrenton–Fauquier Airport covers 407acres at an elevation of 336feet. Its single runway, 15/33, is 5000feetx100feetft (xft) asphalt.
In the year ending June 29, 2007 the airport had 42,184 aircraft operations, average 115 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. 119 aircraft were then based at this airport: 84% single-engine (100), 13% multi-engine, 3% ultralight and 1% helicopter.
On December 3, 2023, a 62-year-old pilot was killed while piloting a Beechcraft C23 aircraft when it collided with several trees while attempting to land at the airport.[3] The aircraft had no other occupants other than the pilot, and no one was injured on the ground.[4]