Grant County International Airport
- For the United States Air Force use of this facility, see Larson Air Force Base
| Grant County International Airport | |||
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| USGS aerial photo, 13 July 1996 | |||
| IATA: MWH – ICAO: KMWH – FAA LID: MWH | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Port of Moses Lake | ||
| Serves | Moses Lake, Washington | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,189 ft / 362 m | ||
| Coordinates | 47°12′31″N 119°19′09″W / 47.20861°N 119.31917°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 14L/32R | 13,503 | 4,116 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| 4/22 | 10,000 | 3,048 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| 9/27 | 4,500 | 1,372 | Concrete |
| 18/36 | 3,327 | 1,014 | Asphalt |
| 14R/32L | 2,937 | 895 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 69,940 | ||
| Based aircraft | 43 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Grant County International Airport (IATA: MWH, ICAO: KMWH, FAA LID: MWH) is a public use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northwest of the central business district of Moses Lake, in Grant County, Washington, United States. It is owned by the Port of Moses Lake.[1]
Its 13,500-foot (4,100 m) runway is one of the longest in the U.S..
Until 1966, the facility was operated by the U.S. Air Force as Larson Air Force Base.[2] Passenger air service to and from Moses Lake ended on June 8, 2010.[3]
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[edit] Overview
With 4,700 acres (1,902 ha) and a main runway 13,500 feet (4,115 m) in length, it is one of the largest airports in the United States. Moses Lake is famous for good flying weather, as it is located on the east side of the Cascade Mountains, in the semi-arid desert of central Washington state.
Grant County International Airport was an alternate landing site for the NASA Space Shuttle.[4]
Scheduled passenger flights on Big Sky Airlines to Boise and Portland were discontinued on September 1, 2006. The service was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. United Express, operated by SkyWest Airlines offered nonstop flights to Seattle from June 2009 until June 2010. The airport currently has no commercial air service.
The airport had been used for heavy jet training by Japan Airlines for nearly 40 years until the closing of their training offices in March, 2009.[5]
It is also utilized by the U.S. Air Force and Boeing as a testing facility. Most of the traffic at the airport is general and military aviation.
The main campus for Big Bend Community College is also located on the grounds of the airport.
[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Grant Co. International Airport covers an area of 4,650 acres (1,880 ha) at an elevation of 1,189 feet (362 m) above mean sea level. It has five paved runways:[1]
- Runway 14L/32R is 13,503 by 200 feet (4,116 x 61 m) with an asphalt/concrete surface
- Runway 4/22 is 10,000 by 100 feet (3,048 x 30 m) with an asphalt/concrete surface
- Runway 9/27 is 3,500 by 90 feet (1,067 x 27 m) with a concrete surface
- Runway 18/36 is 3,327 by 75 feet (1,014 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface
- Runway 14R/32L is 2,936 by 75 feet (895 x 23 m) with a concrete surface
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 69,940 aircraft operations, an average of 191 per day: 56% general aviation, 33% military, 8% scheduled commercial and 3% air taxi. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 74% single-engine, 19% multi-engine and 7% jet.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for MWH (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ http://www.strategic-air-command.com/bases/Larson_AFB.htm
- ^ http://www.iflymoseslake.com/
- ^ Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Sites
- ^ "Japan Airlines: fuel too pricey for Moses Lake". KOMO TV (Associated Press). November 20, 2008. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/20620989.html. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Grant County International Airport at Port of Moses Lake website
- Grant County International Airport at WSDOT Aviation
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 9 Feb 2012
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MWH, effective 9 Feb 2012
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KMWH
- ASN accident history for MWH
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KMWH
- FAA current MWH delay information
