| North Perry Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: HWO – ICAO: KHWO – FAA LID: HWO | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Broward County Aviation Department | ||
| Serves | Hollywood, Florida | ||
| Location | Hollywood, Florida | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 8 ft / 2 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 9L/27R | 3,241 | 988 | Asphalt |
| 9R/27L | 3,255 | 992 | Asphalt |
| 18L/36R | 3,260 | 994 | Asphalt |
| 18R/36L | 3,350 | 1,021 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2002) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 172,744 | ||
| Based aircraft | 325 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
North Perry Airport (IATA: HWO, ICAO: KHWO, FAA LID: HWO) is a public airport located in the City of Pembroke Pines, five miles (8 km) west of the central business district of Hollywood, in Broward County, Florida, United States. The airport is owned by the Broward County Aviation Department.[1] It is a general aviation airport devoted exclusively to private and business light-plane activity.
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On December 19, 1939, the HMS Orion, a British light cruiser chased the “Aracua”, a German freighter, into Port Everglades in Florida. The Aracua stayed there until 1941 when it was seized by the military at the start of World War II. During the week of May 4, 1942, German submarines torpedoed seven ships in the area. In response to the nearby attacks, many training bases were set up by the United States military.
In 1943, Henry D. Perry, a dairy farmer, sold 640 acres (2.6 km2) of land to the U.S. Navy for a flight-training field between Hollywood Boulevard and Pembroke Road. It became known as North Perry Field, and functioned as a training facility for the main base of Naval Air Station Miami (NAS Miami). There also was South Perry Field, which was located to the southeast of North Perry (the Florida Turnpike runs right through this area today). South Perry was a grass field (no facilities/structures) that was only intended to be for North Perry overflow.
North Perry remained inactive after the war, until 1950 when it was acquired by Broward County to become a civilian airport. It was then upgraded for small plane use, as a station for advertising blimps, and for United States Coast Guard helicopters practicing search and rescue skills. The facility suffered minor damage during Hurricane Wilma in 2005.
In 2007, North Perry Airport was named the 2008 "General Aviation Airport of the Year" by the Florida Department of Transportation.
North Perry Airport covers an area of 536 acres (217 ha) which contains four runways[1]:
Other information:
For the 12-month period ending June 21, 2002, the airport had 172,744 aircraft operations, an average of 473 per day: 99.8% general aviation, 0.2% military, <0.1% air taxi and <0.1% scheduled commercial. There are 325 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 4% helicopter and <1% jet.[1]