Sher-Wood Airport

Sher-Wood Airport
IATA: PWD – ICAO: KPWD – FAA LID: PWD
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Plentwood & Sheridan County
Serves Plentywood, Montana
Elevation AMSL 2,264 ft / 690 m
Coordinates 48°47′20″N 104°31′23″W / 48.78889°N 104.52306°W / 48.78889; -104.52306
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 3,900 1,189 Asphalt
8/26 2,951 899 Turf
16/34 1,601 488 Turf
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 11,360
Based aircraft 10

Sher-Wood Airport (IATA: PWD, ICAO: KPWD, FAA LID: PWD) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Plentywood, a city in Sheridan County, Montana, United States. It is owned by the city and county.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Sher-Wood Airport covers an area of 600 acres (243 ha) at an elevation of 2,264 feet (690 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways: 12/30 is 3,900 by 75 feet (1,189 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface; 8/26 is 2,951 by 60 feet (899 x 18 m) with a turf surface; 16/34 is 1,601 by 83 feet (488 x 25 m) with a turf surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 9, 2008, the airport had 11,360 aircraft operations, an average of 31 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine and 20% ultralight.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for PWD (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)

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