Harriman-and-West Airport (ICAO: KAQW, FAA LID: AQW), also known as Harriman & West or Harriman-West, is a public airport located three nautical miles (5 km) west of the central business district of North Adams, a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.[1] It is owned by the City of North Adams and is operated by a five-member Airport Commission.[2]

Harriman-and-West Airport Harriman-West Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KAQW FAA LID: AQW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of North Adams
Serves	North Adams, Massachusetts
Elevation AMSL	654 ft / 199 m
Coordinates	42°41′45″N 073°10′13″W
Map
AQW Location of airport in Massachusetts
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 4,300 1,311 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations 31,755
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of AQW by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code.[1][3][4]

Facilities and aircraft

Harriman-and-West Airport covers an area of 130 acres (53 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (11/29) measuring 4,300 x 100 ft (1,311 x 30 m). There are 39 aircraft based on the field. For the 12-month period ending November 6, 2012, the airport had 31,755 aircraft operations, an average of 87 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 1% military.[1]

References

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for AQW
  • AirNav airport information for KAQW
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures