Somerset Airport (New Jersey)

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Somerset Airport George Walker Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KSMQ – FAA: SMQ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Somerset Air Service, Inc.
Serves		Somerset County
Location		Somerville, New Jersey
Elevation AMSL		105 ft / 32 m
Coordinates		40°37′34″N 074°40′13″W / 40.62611, -74.67028
Website		www.SomersetAirport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
12/30	2,733	833	Asphalt
8/26	2,200	671	Turf
17/35	1,821	555	Turf
Statistics (2000)
Aircraft operations			40,764
Based aircraft			208
Sources: FAA^[1] and airport web site^[2]

Somerset Airport (ICAO: KSMQ, FAA LID: SMQ) is a public-use airport in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It is located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Somerville and is privately owned by Somerset Air Service, Inc.^[1] The airport is also known as George Walker Field.^[3]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Somerset Airport is assigned SMQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned SMQ to Sampit Airport in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia on the island of Borneo). ^[4] ^[5]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Somerset Airport covers an area of 210 acres (85 ha) which contains three runways:^[1]

Runway 12/30: 2,733 x 65 ft. (833 x 20 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 8/26: 2,200 x 100 ft. (671 x 30 m), Surface: Turf
Runway 17/35: 1,821 x 200 ft. (555 x 61 m), Surface: Turf

For the 12-month period ending January 4, 2000, the airport had 40,764 aircraft operations, an average of 111 per day, all of which were general aviation. There are 208 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single engine, 12% multi-engine, 5% gliders and <1% helicopters.^[1]