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Sussex Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerSussex Airport, Inc.
ServesSussex, New Jersey
Elevation AMSL421 ft / 128 m
Coordinates41°12′01″N 074°37′23″W / 41.20028°N 74.62306°W / 41.20028; -74.62306
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 3,499 1,066 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations19,257
Based aircraft131

Sussex Airport (ICAO: KFWN, FAA LID: FWN) is a small general aviation airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of Sussex in Wantage Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. It is just outside Sussex Borough. This public-use airport is privately owned by Sussex Airport, Inc.

The airport used to host the Sussex Airshow but the owner has stopped holding the shows while he tries to sell the airport. The township of Wantage is currently studying the feasibility of purchasing the airport.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FWN by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities

Sussex Airport covers an area of 96 acres (39 ha) at an elevation of 421 feet (128 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,499 by 75 feet (1,066 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending June 1, 2008, the airport had 19,257 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 52 per day. At that time there were 131 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% multi-engine.[1]

The airport does not have an Air traffic control (ATC), but instead uses a UNICOM where pilots talk on radios using a common frequency to coordinate runway and taxiway usage.

Runway information

  • Rwy 3 Threshold displaced 1,100 feet (340 m)
  • Rwy 21 Threshold displaced 750 feet (230 m)
  • LIRL Non-standard: color. Rwy End lts. missing, displaced threshold lts. missing. Rotating beacon operating intermittently. After 24:00 lights on request by phone.
  • GPS Rwy 3
  • VOR or GPS-A

On field

  • Fuel: 100LL, Jet-A
  • Major frame service
  • Major powerplant service
  • Diving school
  • Parking
  • Tie-downs
  • Hangars
  • Airport Grill

Off field

  • Several small diner restaurants in the Borough and surrounding Wantage Township, one directly adjacent to the airfield.
  • Sussex Inn, 9 Main St, Sussex, NJ (973) 875-3000 1 mi
  • Shopping and other activities (including Mountain Creek Ski Resort/Waterpark) within 10 miles (16 km) of airport.

Controversies

In 2009, the airport's owner, Paul Styger, pleaded guilty to Federal charges of embezzlement. This stemmed from his misuse of $375,000 of grant money provided for airport improvements. He faces up to two years in prison.[4][5] Wantage Township officials admittedly knew that Styger was under investigation for embezzlement, but were asked to keep silent by state and federal agencies in an attempt to preserve the integrity of the investigation.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for FWN PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 17 December 2009.
  2. ^ Two bidders vie to conduct airport purchase study. The Advertiser-News. April 1, 2009.
  3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KFWN - Sussex, New Jersey - Sussex Airport
  4. ^ "Owner of Sussex County airport admits embezzling FAA". The Star-Ledger. May 26, 2009.
  5. ^ Airport owner admits stealing grant money. The Advertiser-News. May 27, 2009.
  6. ^ The truth can now be told. The Advertiser-News. June 3, 2009.
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