New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport

New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KUWL – FAA LID: UWL
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner New Castle/Henry County
Serves New Castle, Indiana
Elevation AMSL 1,088 ft / 332 m
Coordinates 39°52′33″N 085°19′35″W / 39.87583°N 85.32639°WCoordinates: 39°52′33″N 085°19′35″W / 39.87583°N 85.32639°W
Map
UWL

Location of airport in Indiana

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 5,854
Based aircraft 24

New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport (ICAO: KUWL, FAA LID: UWL) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) southeast of the central business district of New Castle, a city in Henry County, Indiana, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned UWL by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]

Facilities and aircraft

New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport covers an area of 32 acres (13 ha) at an elevation of 1,088 feet (332 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 65 feet (1,219 x 20 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2009, the airport had 5,854 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 17% multi-engine, and 4% ultralight.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 FAA Airport Master Record for UWL (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  3. ↑ "IATA Airport Code Search (UWL)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  4. ↑ "New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KUWL, FAA: UWL)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 9, 2013.

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