Harriman-and-West Airport

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Coordinates: 42°41′45″N 073°10′13″W / 42.69583, -73.17028

Harriman-and-West Airport Harriman-West Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KAQW – FAA: AQW
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of North Adams
Serves		North Adams, Massachusetts
Elevation AMSL		654 ft / 199 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
11/29	4,300	1,311	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			45,780
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Harriman-and-West Airport (ICAO: KAQW, FAA LID: AQW), also known as Harriman & West or Harriman-West, is a public airport located three 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]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Harriman-and-West is assigned AQW by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[3]

[edit] 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). For the 12-month period ending July 1, 2007, the airport had 45,780 aircraft operations, an average of 125 per day: 94% general aviation, 6% air taxi and <1% military.^[1]