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Rostraver Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KFWQ FAA LID: FWQ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Westmoreland County Airport Authority
Serves	Monongahela, Pennsylvania
Location	Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL	1,228 ft / 374 m
Coordinates	40°12′35″N 079°49′53″W / 40.20972°N 79.83139°W / 40.20972; -79.83139
Map
FWQLocation of airport in PennsylvaniaShow map of PennsylvaniaFWQFWQ (the United States)Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 4,002 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations (year ending 5/3/2021) 43,920 Based aircraft 45
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Rostraver Airport (ICAO: KFWQ, FAA LID: FWQ, formerly P53) is a public use airport in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Geography

It is located five nautical miles (9 km) east of the central business district of Monongahela, Pennsylvania in Rostraver Township. It is operated by the Westmoreland County Airport Authority, which also operates the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity Township, Pennsylvania.

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of FWQ by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code.

Facilities and aircraft

Rostraver Airport covers an area of 300 acres (120 ha) at an elevation of 1,228 feet (374 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 8/26 which measures 4,002 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 3, 2021, the airport had 43,920 aircraft operations, an average of 120 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 45 aircraft based at this airport: 40 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, and 1 glider.

Accidents

• On April 12, 2017, John Graham III, CEO of Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, was killed in a plane crash while practicing touch-and-go landings alone due to wind gust.

See also

• List of airports in Pennsylvania

References

1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for FWQ PDF, effective 2023-09-07.
2. "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 14, 2016.
3. "Rostraver Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KFWQ, FAA: FWQ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
4. "Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics CEO killed in Pa. plane crash". Herald-Mail Media. April 13, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2024.

External links

• Westmoreland County Airport Authority
• Rostraver Airport (P53) at Pennsylvania DOT Bureau of Aviation
• FAA Terminal Procedures for FWQ, effective December 26, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for FWQ
  • AirNav airport information for FWQ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for FWQ

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