Quonset State Airport

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Quonset State Airport

IATA: none – ICAO: KOQU – FAA: OQU
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Rhode Island Airport Corp.
Serves North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Elevation AMSL 18 ft / 5 m
Coordinates 41°35′50″N 071°24′44″W / 41.59722, -71.41222
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 7,504 2,287 Asphalt
5/23 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 20,750
Based aircraft 48
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Quonset State Airport (ICAO: KOQU, FAA LID: OQU) is a public airport located on Quonset Point, in northeastern North Kingstown, Rhode Island, adjacent to Narragansett Bay. It is a general aviation airport and there is no scheduled airline service available.

It was the site of the Naval Air Station Quonset Point until the early 1970s, when the military presence in Rhode Island was drastically scaled down. It remains the home of the 143rd Airlift Wing of the Rhode Island Air National Guard.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Quonset State Airport is assigned OQU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Quonset State Airport is one of six active airports operated by the Rhode Island Airport Corporation. The other five airports include T.F. Green State Airport, North Central State Airport, Westerly State Airport, Newport State Airport, and Block Island State Airport.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Quonset State Airport covers an area of 754 acres (305 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 16/34 measuring 7,504 x 150 ft. (2,287 x 46 m) and 5/23 measuring 4,000 x 75 ft. (1,219 x 23 m).[1]

The airport lies within Class D airspace and has an operating FAA control tower (closed on Mondays).

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2007, the airport had 20,750 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 68% general aviation, 28% military and 4% air taxi. At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 60% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, 10% helicopter and 25% military.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for OQU (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KOQU - North Kingstown, Rhode Island (Quonset State Airport)

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