Carroll County Regional Airport

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Carroll County Regional Airport
Jack B. Poage Field
IATA: noneICAO: KDMW – FAA: DMW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Carroll County
Location Westminster, Maryland
Elevation AMSL 789 ft / 240 m
Coordinates 39°36′30″N 077°00′28″W / 39.60833, -77.00778
Website CarrollCountyAirport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 5,100 1,554 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 153,690
Based aircraft 143
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Carroll County Regional Airport (ICAO: KDMWFAA LID: DMW), also known as Jack B. Poage Field, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Westminster, in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The airport is owned by Carroll County Board of Commissioners. It is designated as a reliever airport for the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI).[1][2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Carroll County Regional Airport is assigned DMW by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

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Carroll County Regional Airport covers an area of 135 acres (55 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (16/34) measuring 5,100 x 100 ft. (1,554 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 2, 2006, the airport had 153,690 aircraft operations, an average of 421 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% air taxi and <1% military. There are 143 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single engine, 10% multi-engine, 4% jet aircraft and 1% helicopters.[1]

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