New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerNew Castle/Henry County
ServesNew Castle, Indiana
Elevation AMSL1,088 ft / 332 m
Coordinates39°52′33″N 085°19′35″W / 39.87583°N 85.32639°W / 39.87583; -85.32639
Map
UWL is located in Indiana
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Location of airport in Indiana/United States
UWL is located in the United States
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UWL (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations5,854
Based aircraft24

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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Form 5010 for UWL PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27.
  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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