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Friday Harbor Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPort of Friday Harbor
ServesFriday Harbor, Washington
Elevation AMSL113 ft / 34 m
Coordinates48°31′19″N 123°01′28″W / 48.52194°N 123.02444°W / 48.52194; -123.02444
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 3,402 1,037 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations63,405
Based aircraft142

Friday Harbor Airport (IATA: FRD, ICAO: KFHR, FAA LID: FHR) is a public use airport located just southwest of the town center of Friday Harbor on San Juan Island in the U.S. state of Washington. It is owned by the Port of Friday Harbor.[1]

Friday Harbor is the default airport of Microsoft Flight Simulator X.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FHR by the FAA and FRD by the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Beechcraft Model 18 carrying freight to Friday Harbor from the Washington mainland

Friday Harbor Airport covers an area of 145 acres (59 ha) which contains one runway (16/34) with a 3,402 x 75 ft (1,037 x 23 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 63,405 aircraft operations, an average of 173 per day: 67% general aviation and 33% air taxi. At that time there were 142 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% multi-engine.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Kenmore Air Roche Harbor, Seattle-Boeing, Seattle/Lake Union
San Juan Airlines Anacortes, Bellingham, Blakely, Decatur, Lopez Island, Orcas Island, Vancouver

References