Harriman-and-West Airport

Harriman-and-West Airport (ICAO: KAQW, FAA LID: AQW), also known as Harriman & West or Harriman-West, is a public airport located three nautical miles (5 km) west of the central business district of North Adams, a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.[1] It is owned by the City of North Adams and is operated by a five-member Airport Commission.[2]

Harriman-and-West Airport

Harriman-West Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of North Adams
ServesNorth Adams, Massachusetts
Elevation AMSL654 ft / 199 m
Coordinates42°41′45″N 073°10′13″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 4,300 1,311 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations31,755

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of AQW by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code.[1][3][4]

Facilities and aircraft

Harriman-and-West Airport covers an area of 130 acres (53 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (11/29) measuring 4,300 x 100 ft (1,311 x 30 m). There are 39 aircraft based on the field. For the 12-month period ending November 6, 2012, the airport had 31,755 aircraft operations, an average of 87 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 1% military.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for AQW PDF, effective October 25, 2007
  2. "Harriman-West Airport". Berkshire Pilots Association.
  3. "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  4. "Harriman-and-West Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KAQW, FAA: AQW)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 14, 2016.


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