Hook Field Municipal Airport

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Middletown Regional Airport/Hook Field
Aerial view of airport from the east
IATA: MWO – ICAO: KMWO – FAA: MWO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Middletown
Serves		Middletown, Ohio
Elevation AMSL		650 ft / 198 m
Coordinates		39°31′54″N 084°23′47″W / 39.53167°N 84.39639°W / 39.53167; -84.39639
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
5/23	6,100	1,859	Asphalt
8/26	3,040	927	Turf
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			40,050
Based aircraft			90
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Middletown Regional Airport/Hook Field [1](IATA: MWO, ICAO: KMWO, FAA LID: MWO) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Middletown, a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States.^[1] It has the longest runway of any non-towered airport in southwest Ohio.^{[citation needed]}

In late August 2008 the airport gained some national prominence when the Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin flew into Hook to later attend a Dayton campaign rally where she was announced as Senator John McCain's running mate.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Hook Field Municipal Airport covers an area of 550 acres (223 ha) at an elevation of 650 feet (198 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 5/23 is 6,100 by 100 feet (1,859 x 30 m) with an asphalt pavement; 8/26 is 3,040 by 297 feet (927 x 91 m) with a turf surface.^[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 1, 2007, the airport had 40,050 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day: 91% general aviation, 9% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 90 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single-engine, 2% multi-engine and 2% jet.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for MWO (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
2. ^ "Airport operator told to be 'evasive;' Now says Palin was on the early flight". The Oxford Press. 2008-09-03. http://www.oxfordpress.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/03/mj090408jetlanding.html. 

[edit] External links

• B&B Aero Services, the airport's fixed base operator (FBO)
• FAA Terminal Procedures for MWO, effective 2 July 2009
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KMWO
  • ASN accident history for MWO
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KMWO