Mount Washington Regional Airport
Mount Washington Regional Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Town of Whitefield | ||||||||||
| Location | Whitefield, New Hampshire | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,074 ft / 327.4 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°22′03.41″N 71°32′40.09″W / 44.3676139°N 71.5444694°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Mount Washington Regional Airport (IATA: HIE, ICAO: KHIE, FAA LID: HIE) is a public airport located 3 miles (5 km) east of downtown Whitefield in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The Civil Air Patrol maintains a composite squadron at this location.
It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[1]
The airport has a single, newly re-paved runway that is 4,001 feet (1,220 m) long, 75 feet (23 m) wide, at an average altitude of 1,074 feet (327 m) MSL, beneath the Yankee One Military Operations Area (MOA). It features pilot-controlled lighting. Traffic pattern altitude is 2,000 feet (610 m) MSL, and pilots must make right traffic for runway 28 unless winds require use of Runway 10 during landing. Scheduled runway improvements have been completed and accepted which include re-alignment and resurfacing of a lengthened runway from 3,495 to 4,100 feet (1,065 to 1,250 m).
See also
References
- ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
External links
- Mount Washington Regional Airport
- Mount Washington Regional Airport (allroutes.to)
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for HIE
- AirNav airport information for KHIE
- ASN accident history for HIE
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
