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Airport
Sher-Wood Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Plentwood & Sheridan County
ServesPlentywood, Montana
Elevation AMSL2,264 ft / 690 m
Coordinates48°47′20″N 104°31′23″W / 48.78889°N 104.52306°W / 48.78889; -104.52306
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 3,900 1,189 Asphalt
8/26 2,951 899 Turf
16/34 1,601 488 Turf
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations11,360
Based aircraft10
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Sher-Wood Airport (IATA: PWD, ICAO: KPWD, FAA LID: PWD) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Plentywood, a city in Sheridan County, Montana, United States. It is owned by the city and county. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Facilities and aircraft

Sher-Wood Airport covers an area of 600 acres (243 ha) at an elevation of 2,264 feet (690 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways: 12/30 is 3,900 by 75 feet (1,189 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface; 8/26 is 2,951 by 60 feet (899 x 18 m) with a turf surface; 16/34 is 1,601 by 83 feet (488 x 25 m) with a turf surface.

For the 12-month period ending September 9, 2008, the airport had 11,360 aircraft operations, an average of 31 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine and 20% ultralight.

See also

References

  1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for PWD PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.

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