The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a system for categorizing public-use airports (along with heliports and other aviation bases) that is primarily based on the level of commercial passenger traffic through each facility. It is used to determine whether an airport is eligible for funding through the federal government's Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Fewer than 20% of airports in the U.S. qualify for the program, though most that do not qualify are private-use-only airports.
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36-491: Is 3,900 by 75 feet (1,189 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface; 8/26 is 2,951 by 60 feet (899 x 18 m) with a turf surface; 16/34 is 1,601 by 83 feet (488 x 25 m) with a turf surface. For the 12-month period ending September 9, 2008, the airport had 11,360 aircraft operations, an average of 31 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi . At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single- engine and 20% ultralight . FAA airport categories At
45-662: Is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km ) northeast of the central business district of Plentywood , a city in Sheridan County , Montana , United States . It is owned by the city and county. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. Sher-Wood Airport covers an area of 600 acres (243 ha ) at an elevation of 2,264 feet (690 m) above mean sea level . It has three runways : 12/30
54-526: The U.S. A third major category contains reliever airports , which are essentially large general-aviation airports located in metropolitan areas that serve to offload small aircraft traffic from hub airports in the region. These account for the remaining 10% of AIP-funded airports. Primary airports are further subcategorized based on the number of passenger boardings as a fraction of the national total. The categories are: For reference, there were 899,663,192 boardings at commercial airports in 2018, making
63-454: The bottom end are general aviation airports. To qualify for the AIP, they must have at least 10 aircraft based there but handle fewer than 2,500 scheduled passengers each year. This means that most aircraft are small and are operated by individuals or other private entities, and little or no commercial airline traffic occurs. Nearly three-quarters of AIP-funded airports are of this type. Most of
72-434: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PWD&oldid=1148212481 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sher-Wood Airport Sher-Wood Airport ( IATA : PWD , ICAO : KPWD , FAA LID : PWD )
81-405: The remaining airfields that qualify for funding are commercial service airports and are more dependent on regularly scheduled commercial airline traffic. This is subcategorized into primary airports , which handle more than 10,000 passengers each year, and nonprimary airports , which handle between 2,500 and 10,000 passengers annually. These categories account for over 15% of AIP-funded airports in
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