Blaine Municipal Airport

Blaine Municipal Airport
IATA: BWS – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 4W6
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Blaine
Serves Blaine, Washington
Elevation AMSL 75 ft / 23 m
Coordinates 48°59′24″N 122°43′57″W / 48.99000°N 122.73250°W / 48.99000; -122.73250Coordinates: 48°59′24″N 122°43′57″W / 48.99000°N 122.73250°W / 48.99000; -122.73250
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 2,539 774 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 8,000
Based aircraft 23

Blaine Municipal Airport (IATA: BWS[2], FAA LID: 4W6) was a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) east of the central business district of Blaine, a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.[1] Blaine Municipal Airport (AKA Dierks Field) was closed on December 31, 2008.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Blaine Municipal Airport covered an area of 42 acres (17 ha) at an elevation of 75 feet (23 m) above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 14/32 with a 2,539 by 40 feet (774 x 12 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 8,000 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day, all general aviation. At that time there were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% multi-engine.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for 4W6 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-09-25.
  2. ↑ Airport information for BWS at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ http://www.airfields-freeman.com/WA/Airfields_WA_NW.htm

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