Rostraver Airport
Rostraver Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Westmoreland County Airport Authority | ||||||||||
Serves | Monongahela, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
Location | Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,228 ft / 374 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°12′35″N 079°49′53″W / 40.20972°N 79.83139°W | ||||||||||
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Rostraver Airport (ICAO: KFWQ, FAA LID: FWQ, formerly P53) is a public use airport in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1]
Geography
[edit]It is located five nautical miles (9 km) east of the central business district of Monongahela, Pennsylvania[1] 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.[1][2][3]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Rostraver Airport covers an area of 300 acres (120 ha) 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).[1]
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.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f FAA Airport Form 5010 for FWQ PDF, effective 2023-09-07.
- ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "Rostraver Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KFWQ, FAA: FWQ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Westmoreland County Airport Authority
- Rostraver Airport (P53) at Pennsylvania DOT Bureau of Aviation
- FAA Terminal Procedures for FWQ, effective August 8, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for FWQ
- AirNav airport information for FWQ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for FWQ