Blaine Municipal Airport

Blaine Municipal Airport
Blaine Municipal Airport
	IATA: BWS; ICAO: none; FAA LID: 4W6;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Blaine
Serves	Blaine, Washington
Elevation AMSL	75 ft / 23 m
Coordinates	48°59′24″N 122°43′57″W / 48.99000°N 122.73250°W
Runways
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	8,000
Based aircraft	23
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Blaine Municipal Airport (IATA: BWS^[2], FAA LID: 4W6) was a city-owned public-use airport, also known as Dierks Field, located one nautical mile (1.8 km) east of the central business district of Blaine, a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.^[1] It was closed on December 31, 2008.^[3]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covered an area of 42 acres (17 ha) at an elevation of 75 feet (23 m) above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 14/32 with a 2,539 by 40 feet (774 x 12 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 8,000 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day, all general aviation. At that time, there were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% multi-engine.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 4W6 PDF, effective 2008-09-25.
^ Airport information for BWS at Great Circle Mapper.
^ "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northwestern Washington State".

External links

Blaine Municipal (4W6) at Washington State DOT Airport Directory
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 4W6
- AirNav airport information for 4W6
- ASN accident history for BWS
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 4W6

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[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for 4W6 PDF, effective 2008-09-25.

[2] Airport information for BWS at Great Circle Mapper.

[3] "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northwestern Washington State".

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