Brookhaven Airport

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Brookhaven Airport
IATA: WSH – ICAO: KHWV – FAA: HWV
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Town of Brookhaven
Location		Shirley, New York
Elevation AMSL		81 ft / 25 m
Coordinates		40°49′19″N, 072°52′01″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
6/24	4,200	1,280	Asphalt
15/33	4,224	1,287	Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			135,100
Based aircraft			217
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Brookhaven Airport (IATA: WSH, ICAO: KHWV, FAA LID: HWV) is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) north of the central business district of Shirley, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. This airport is publicly owned by the Town of Brookhaven.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Brookhaven Airport is assigned HWV by the FAA and WSH by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KHWV.^[2]

1 History
2 Facilities and aircraft
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Brookhaven Airport was constructed during World War II to provide logistical support for U.S. Army Air Corps operations. Title of the airport was transferred to New York State after the war. In 1961 the airport was acquired by the Town of Brookhaven. It was later renamed in honor of Dr. Frank Calabro, an important figure in the airport's development.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Brookhaven Airport covers an area of 795 acres (3.2 km²) which contains two runways:^[1]

Runway 6/24: 4,200 x 100 ft. (1,280 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 15/33: 4,224 x 150 ft. (1,287 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete

For 12-month period ending March 25, 2005, the airport had 135,100 aircraft operations, an average of 370 per day: 99% general aviation (135,000) and <1% military (100). There are 217 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single engine (200), 5% multi engine (10) and 3% gliders (7).^[1]