Facilities and Aircraft
Southwest Washington Regional Airport covers an area of 110 acres (45 ha) at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 12/30 which measure 4,391 x 100 ft (30 m). (1,338 x 30 m). It is separated for takeoffs and landings (the airport, faced with growing air traffic, segmented their runway in 1980).
For the 12-month period ending March 30, 2008, the airport had 40,860 aircraft operations, an average of 111 per day: 94% general aviation, 4% air taxi and 2% military. At that time there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 1% jet and 4% ultralight.
The airport has one passenger terminal consisting of 12 gates. Gates 1-4 are for large jet aircraft and the other gates are for private planes or medium-sized jets.
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