Sussex Airport (ICAO: KFWN, FAA LID: FWN) is a mile southwest of Sussex in Wantage Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. It is just outside Sussex Borough. The public-use airport is privately owned by Sussex Aviation LLC[1] which purchased it in 2015.[2]

Sussex Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KFWN FAA LID: FWN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Sussex Aviation LLC
Serves	Sussex, New Jersey
Elevation AMSL	422 ft / 129 m
Coordinates	41°12′01″N 074°37′23″W
Map
FWN Show map of New Jersey FWN Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 3/21 3,506 1,069 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations 21,444 Based aircraft 29
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

The airport used to host the Sussex Airshow but the previous owner had stopped holding the shows (as of 2009) while he tried to sell the airport. The township of Wantage was then studying the feasibility of purchasing the airport.[3][4]

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is FWN to the FAA and has no IATA code.[5]

Facilities

Sussex Airport covers 96 acres (39 ha) at an elevation of 421 feet (128 m). Its one runway, 3/21, is 3,506 by 75 feet (1,066 x 23 m). In the year ending May 1, 2019 the airport had 21,444 general aviation aircraft operations, average 59 per day. 29 aircraft were then based at the airport: 86% single-engine, and 14% multi-engine.[1]

The airport does not have air traffic control (ATC), instead using UNICOM where pilots talk on common radio frequencies to coordinate runway and taxiway use.

Runway information

• Rwy 3 threshold displaced 466 feet (142 m)[1]
• Rwy 21 threshold displaced 756 feet (230 m)[1]
• RNAV (GPS) Rwy 3 approach published
• VOR-A approach published

On field

• Fuel: 100LL, Jet-A
• Major frame service
• Major powerplant service
• Skydiving school
• Parking
• Tie-downs
• Hangars
• Airport diner

Off field

• Several small diner restaurants in the borough and surrounding Wantage Township, one directly adjacent to the airfield
• Sussex Inn, 9 Main St, Sussex, NJ – 1 mi
• Shopping and other activities (including Mountain Creek Ski Resort/Waterpark) within 10 miles (16 km) of airport

Embezzlement of federal funds by former airport owner

In 2009, the airport's former owner, Paul Styger, pleaded guilty to federal charges of embezzlement. This stemmed from his misuse of $378,000 of grant money provided for airport improvements.[2] He faced up to two years in prison.[6][7] He was eventually convicted, and was ordered to repay the money and was put on probation without getting any prison sentence.[2] Wantage Township officials admittedly knew that Styger was under investigation for embezzlement, but were asked to keep silent by state and federal agencies in an attempt to preserve the integrity of the investigation.[8]

References

External links

• Aerial photo as of 9 March 1991 from USGS The National Map via MSR Maps
• FAA Terminal Procedures for FWN, effective May 19, 2022

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for FWN
  • AirNav airport information for KFWN
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
• Airshow Performers 1992–2004
• Video: Daniel Héligoin's Snap Roll on Takeoff – 1987 Airshow
• Video: Daniel Héligoin's Snap Roll on Takeoff – 1987 Airshow – Slow Motion
• The French Connection Airshow at Sussex
• Video: Craig Hosking's Upside-down Landing & Takeoff – 1987 Airshow
• "Formation Flight" poem by Michelle Chaudoin (father Jim was stationed at Sussex)