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Blaine Municipal Airport

Coordinates: 48°59′24″N 122°43′57″W / 48.99000°N 122.73250°W / 48.99000; -122.73250
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Blaine Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Blaine
ServesBlaine, Washington
Elevation AMSL75 ft / 23 m
Coordinates48°59′24″N 122°43′57″W / 48.99000°N 122.73250°W / 48.99000; -122.73250
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 2,539 774 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations8,000
Based aircraft23

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

Facilities and aircraft

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The 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

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  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 4W6 PDF, effective 2008-09-25.
  2. ^ Airport information for BWS at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northwestern Washington State".
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