Watonga Regional Airport
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Watonga Regional Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Watonga | ||||||||||
| Serves | Watonga, Oklahoma | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,551 ft / 473 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°51′52″N 098°25′15″W / 35.86444°N 98.42083°W | ||||||||||
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  JWG Location of airport in Oklahoma  JWG JWG (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Watonga Regional Airport (ICAO: KJWG, FAA LID: JWG) is a city-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northwest of the central business district of Watonga, a city in Blaine County, Oklahoma, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned JWG by the FAA,[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]
Watonga Regional Airport covers an area of 120 acres (49 ha) at an elevation of 1,551 feet (473 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,001 by 60 feet (1,220 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending February 25, 2011, the airport had 2,900 aircraft operations, an average of 241 per month: 73% general aviation and 27% military. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.[1]