William R. Pogue Municipal Airport

William R. Pogue Municipal Airport (ICAO: KOWP, FAA LID: OWP),[1] also known as Pogue Airport,[2] is a public use airport in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States.[1] It is owned by the City of Sand Springs and located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of its central business district.[1] The airport is named after the astronaut William Reid Pogue (1930-2014), a native of Oklahoma. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

William R. Pogue Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Sand Springs
ServesSand Springs, Oklahoma
Elevation AMSL892 ft / 272 m
Coordinates36°10′31″N 096°09′07″W
Map
OWP is located in Oklahoma
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Location of airport in Oklahoma
OWP is located in the United States
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OWP (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 5,799 1,768 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations30,000
Based aircraft51

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned OWP by the FAA,[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[4][5]

Facilities and aircraft

William R. Pogue Municipal Airport covers an area of 448 acres (181 ha) at an elevation of 892 feet (272 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,799 by 100 feet (1,768 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 21, 2012, the airport had 30,000 aircraft operations, an average of 82 per day: 99.8% general aviation and 0.2% military. At that time there were 51 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 22% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter.[1]

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for OWP PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. "Pogue Airport". City of Sand Springs. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  3. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  4. "Sallisaw Municipal Airport (FAA: OWP, ICAO: KOWP, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  5. "IATA Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
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