Telfair–Wheeler Airport

Telfair–Wheeler Airport
IATA: MQW – ICAO: KMQW – FAA LID: MQW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Telfair–Wheeler Airport Authority
Serves McRae, Georgia
Elevation AMSL 203 ft / 62 m
Coordinates 32°05′49″N 082°52′46″W / 32.09694°N 82.87944°W / 32.09694; -82.87944
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 4,000
Based aircraft 11

Telfair–Wheeler Airport (IATA: MQW, ICAO: KMQW, FAA LID: MQW) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of McRae, a city in Wheeler County, Georgia, United States, near the border of Telfair County, Georgia. It is owned by the Telfair–Wheeler Airport Authority.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Telfair–Wheeler Airport covers an area of 104 acres (42 ha) at an elevation of 203 feet (62 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 16, 2010, the airport had 4,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for MQW (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
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