Tradewind Airport

Not to be confused with Trade Wind Airport.
Tradewind Airport
IATA: TDW – ICAO: KTDW – FAA LID: TDW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Tradewind LLC
Serves Amarillo, Texas
Elevation AMSL 3,649 ft / 1,112 m
Coordinates 35°10′12″N 101°49′33″W / 35.17000°N 101.82583°W / 35.17000; -101.82583
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 5,098 1,554 Asphalt
5/23 3,000 914 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 50 15 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 32,790
Based aircraft 95

Tradewind Airport (IATA: TDW, ICAO: KTDW, FAA LID: TDW) is a privately owned public use airport in Randall County, Texas, United States. It is located three nautical miles (3.5 mi, 5.6 km) southeast of the central business district of Amarillo, Texas.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Tradewind Airport covers an area of 595 acres (241 ha) at an elevation of 3,649 feet (1,112 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 is 5,098 by 60 feet (1,554 x 18 m) and 5/23 is 3,000 by 60 feet (914 x 18 m). It also has one helipad with a 50 by 50 feet (15 x 15 m) asphalt surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 22, 2009, the airport had 32,790 aircraft operations, an average of 89 per day: 99.9% general aviation and 0.1% military. At that time there were 95 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 2% jet and 1% helicopter.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for TDW (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective June 30, 2011.
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