Rostraver Airport (ICAO: KFWQ, FAA LID: FWQ, formerly P53) is a public use airport in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1]

Rostraver Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KFWQ FAA LID: FWQ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Westmoreland County Airport Authority
Serves	Monongahela, Pennsylvania
Location	Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL	1,228 ft / 374 m
Coordinates	40°12′35″N 079°49′53″W
Map
FWQ Location of airport in Pennsylvania Show map of Pennsylvania FWQ FWQ (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 4,001 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 43,542 Based aircraft 113
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Geography

It is located five nautical miles (9 km) east of the central business district of Monongahela, Pennsylvania[1] in Rostraver Township. It is operated by the Westmoreland County Airport Authority, which also operates the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity Township, Pennsylvania.

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of FWQ by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code.[1][2][3]

Facilities and aircraft

Rostraver Airport covers an area of 300 acres (120 ha) at an elevation of 1,228 feet (374 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 8/26 which measures 4,001 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 22, 2009, the airport had 43,542 aircraft operations, an average of 119 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 113 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 4% helicopter, 1% glider and 1% ultralight.[1]

References

External links

• Westmoreland County Airport Authority
• Rostraver Airport (P53) at Pennsylvania DOT Bureau of Aviation
• FAA Terminal Procedures for FWQ, effective June 16, 2022

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for FWQ
  • AirNav airport information for FWQ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for FWQ