Harry Stern Airport

Airport
46°14′39″N 096°36′26″W / 46.24417°N 96.60722°W / 46.24417; -96.60722Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 5,100 1,554 Asphalt
3/21 3,254 992 Turf
Statistics (2003)
Aircraft operations10,860
Based aircraft66
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Harry Stern Airport (IATA: WAH, ICAO: KBWP, FAA LID: BWP) is a public use airport in Richland County, North Dakota, United States.[1] It is located one nautical mile (1.85 km) south of the central business district of Wahpeton, North Dakota and owned by the Wahpeton Airport Authority.[1]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Enterprise Municipal Airport is assigned BWP by the FAA and WAH by the IATA[2] (which assigned BWP to Bewani, Papua New Guinea[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Harry Stern Airport covers an area of 585 acres (237 ha) at an elevation of 968 feet (295 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 15/33 is 5,100 by 75 feet (1,554 x 23 m) with a concrete surface; 3/21 is 3,254 by 150 feet (992 x 46 m) with a turf surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 3, 2003, the airport had 10,860 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per day: 92% general aviation and 7% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 66 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 1% helicopter and 8% military.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for BWP PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: WAH / KBWP - Enterprise, Alabama (Enterprise Municipal Airport)
  3. ^ Aviation Safety Network: BWP - Bewani Airport, Papua New Guinea

External links

  • Aerial image as of September 1997 from USGS The National Map
  • FAA Terminal Procedures for BWP, effective May 16, 2024
  • Resources for this airport:
    • FAA airport information for BWP
    • AirNav airport information for KBWP
    • ASN accident history for WAH
    • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
    • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
    • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures