Wilgrove Air Park
| Wilgrove Air Park | |||||||||||
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| IATA: QWG – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 8A6 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Wilgrove Investments, LLC | ||||||||||
| Serves | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 799 ft / 244 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°12′50″N 080°40′12″W / 35.21389°N 80.67000°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.wilgroveairport.net | ||||||||||
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Wilgrove Air Park (IATA: QWG[2], FAA LID: 8A6) is a public use airport located nine nautical miles (17 km) east of the central business district of Charlotte, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States.[1]
Facilities and aircraft
Wilgrove Air Park covers an area of 55 acres (22 ha) at an elevation of 799 feet (244 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,835 by 40 feet (864 x 12 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending September 20, 2007, the airport had 16,100 aircraft operations, an average of 44 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 50 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% multi-engine.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for 8A6 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
- ↑ Airport information for QWG at Great Circle Mapper.
External links
- Official site
- Photos from Charlotte - Wilgrove Air Park (8A6) at Airliners.net
- Aerial photo as of 13 March 1998 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 8A6
- AirNav airport information for 8A6
- ASN accident history for QWG
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 8A6
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