Deer Park Airport

Deer Park Airport (ICAO: KDEW, FAA LID: DEW), formerly known as Deer Park Municipal Airport, is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Deer Park, a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States.[1]

Deer Park Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Deer Park
ServesDeer Park, Washington
Elevation AMSL2,211 ft / 674 m
Coordinates47°58′01″N 117°25′43″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 6,100 1,859 Asphalt
5/23 3,200 975 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations23,000
Based aircraft75

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned DEW by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Deer Park Airport covers an area of 1,800 acres (730 ha) at an elevation of 2,211 feet (674 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 16/34 is 6,100 by 75 feet (1,859 x 23 m) and 4/22 is 3,200 by 60 feet (975 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 23,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 63 per day: At that time there were 75 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 3% multi-engine, 1% helicopter, 9% glider, 3% ultralight.

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