Manassas Regional Airport

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Manassas Regional Airport
Harry P. Davis Field
IATA: HEF[1] or MNZ[2] – ICAO: KHEF – FAA: HEF
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Manassas
Serves Manassas, Virginia
Elevation AMSL 192 ft / 59 m
Coordinates 38°43′17″N 077°30′56″W / 38.72139, -77.51556
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16L/34R 5,700 1,737 Asphalt
16R/34L 3,702 1,128 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 139,625
Based aircraft 401
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[3]

Manassas Regional Airport (IATA: HEF[1] or MNZ[2], ICAO: KHEF, FAA LID: HEF), also known as Harry P. Davis Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of the central business district of Manassas, in Prince William County, Virginia, United States.[3] It is mostly located within the city of Manassas, but a small section of the airport grounds are located in unincorporated Prince William County.[4]

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[edit] History

An airport for Manassas was proposed in 1930, when the mayor was Harry P. Davis. It was built in 1931 on 95 acres located along Virginia Route 234, in the area now known as Manaport Shopping Center. Due to airport activity and nearby housing development, the airport was moved to its current location in 1964. The new airport opened with a single 3700' x 100' paved runway. In 1992, the city purchased a control tower from an airport near Denver and reassembled it at Manassas Regional Airport. A new terminal was built in 1996. [5]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Manassas Regional Airport covers an area of 888 acres (359 ha) at an elevation of 192 feet (59 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 16L/34R measuring 5,700 x 100 feet (1,737 x 30 m) and 16R/34L measuring 3,702 x 100 feet (1,128 x 30 m).[3]

For the 12-month period ending August 14, 2006, the airport had 139,625 aircraft operations, an average of 382 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 401 aircraft based at this airport: 72% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, 6% jet and 4% helicopter.[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Aviation Safety Network (IATA: HEF)
  2. ^ a b Great Circle Mapper (IATA: MNZ)
  3. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for HEF (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
  4. ^ "Department of GIS/Mapping," City of Manassas
  5. ^ Airport History at City of Manassas website

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