Ames Municipal Airport

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Ames Municipal Airport
IATA: AMWICAO: KAMWFAA LID: AMW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Ames
Serves Ames, Iowa
Location 2 miles SE
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 5,701 1,738 Asphalt
13/31 3,491 1,064 Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 33,751
Based aircraft 70

Ames Municipal Airport (IATA: AMWICAO: KAMWFAA LID: AMW) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of Ames, a city in Story County, Iowa, United States.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Ames Municipal Airport covers an area of 700 acres (280 ha) which contains an asphalt paved runway 1/19 measuring 5,701 by 100 ft (1,738 by 30 m) and a concrete runway 13/31 measuring 3,491 by 75 ft (1,064 by 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2009, the airport had 33,751 aircraft operations: 94% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 1% military. There are 70 aircraft based at the airport: 63% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 0% jet, 19% glider and 4% ultralight.[1]

From May 10, 2010 through June 11, 2010, there were between five and six arrivals/departures at Ames each day.[2]

According to NTSB records, the airport has had no fatal accidents since 1962 (the earliest year which can be searched in their database).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for AMW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 06-03-2010
  2. http://www.amestrib.com/articles/2010/06/27/ames_tribune/business/business_monthly/doc4c1a45f08fb43112952812.txt

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