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 / 40.20972; -79.83139 | ||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] | |||||||||||
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]
Accidents
[edit ]- On April 12, 2017, John Graham III, CEO of Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, was killed in a plane crash while practicing touch-and-go landings alone due to wind gust.[4]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e f FAA Airport Form 5010 for FWQ PDF, effective 2023年09月07日.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics CEO killed in Pa. plane crash". Herald-Mail Media. April 13, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
External links
[edit ]- Westmoreland County Airport Authority
- Rostraver Airport (P53) at Pennsylvania DOT Bureau of Aviation
- FAA Terminal Procedures for FWQ, effective January 23, 2025
- 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
