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KFWQ Rostraver Airport
Monongahela, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: FWQ
Lat/Long: 40-12-35.0000N / 079-49-53.2000W
40-12.583333N / 079-49.886667W
40.2097222 / -79.8314444
(estimated)
Elevation: 1228 ft. / 374.3 m (surveyed)
Variation: 09W (2005)
From city: 5 miles E of MONONGAHELA, PA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 15012

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: DETROIT
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CLEVELAND CENTER
FSS: ALTOONA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: AOO (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0700 - 1500
ON CALL AFT HRS CTC 724-640-6193/6349.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 08/26, VASI RYS 08 & 26, REIL RYS 08 & 26 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 118.475 (724-379-5815)
PITTSBURGH APPROACH: 119.35
PITTSBURGH DEPARTURE: 119.35
CLASS B: 119.35
WX ASOS at AGC (10 nm NW): PHONE 412-466-8968
WX AWOS-3 at LBE (20 nm E): PHONE 724-537-0671

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
AGCr122/10.4ALLEGHENY VOR/DME110.0009W
MMJr143/23.5MONTOUR VORTAC112.0008W
IHDr309/25.9INDIAN HEAD VORTAC108.2006W
HLGr102/33.9WHEELING VOR/DME112.2007W
MGWr007/39.2MORGANTOWN VORTAC111.6005W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
MC KEESPORT202/9.028707WMKP -- -.- .--.
WASHINGTON COUNTY084/15.725508WPNU .--. -. ..-
BENJE256/27.538207WBHU -... .... ..-

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 8/26

Dimensions: 4001 x 75 ft. / 1220 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt/grooved, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 26.0
Double wheel: 30.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Latitude: 40-12.457328N40-12.709968N
Longitude: 079-50.284270W079-49.490493W
Elevation: 1228.0 ft.1222.6 ft.
Gradient: 0.3%0.3%
Traffic pattern: left
RIGHT TRAFFIC HELICOPTERS/ULTRALIGHTS.
left
RIGHT TRAFFIC HELICOPTERS/ULTRALIGHTS.
Runway heading: 076 magnetic, 067 true256 magnetic, 247 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-box VASI on right (3.00 degrees glide path)4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 10 ft. brush, 217 ft. from runway, 181 ft. right of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear66 ft. trees, 2273 ft. from runway, 3 ft. left of centerline, 31:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: WESTMORELAND CO ARPT AUTH
148 AVIATION LANE, SUITE 103
LATROBE, PA 15650
Phone 724-539-8100
Manager: GABE MONZO
605 AIRPORT RD
BELLE VERNON, PA 15012
Phone 724-379-6980

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 113
Single engine airplanes: 95
Multi engine airplanes: 12
Helicopters: 4
Gliders airplanes: 1
Ultralights: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 119/day *
55% local general aviation
43% transient general aviation
2% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 22 April 2009

Additional Remarks

DEER & BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
STARs - Standard Terminal Arrivals
NESTO TWO   2 pages: [1] [2] (403KB)
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 08 **CHANGED**   download (206KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 **CHANGED**   download (219KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KAGC - Allegheny County Airport (10 nm NW)
KVVS - Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport (17 nm SE)
KLBE - Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (20 nm E)
KAFJ - Washington County Airport (21 nm W)
KWAY - Greene County Airport (23 nm SW)
 
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Photo taken 03-Nov-2007

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From to KFWQ

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 07-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2811:28
Sunrise06:5711:57
Sunset17:0922:09
Evening civil twilight17:3822:38

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 01:57:19
Local (UTC-5)  07-Nov-2009 20:57:19
 
METAR
KP53 080056Z AUTO VRB06KT 06/00 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP112 T00560000 PWINO TSNO
KAGC 
9nm NW 
080153Z 20007KT 10SM CLR 15/01 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP176 T01500006
TAF
KAGC 
9nm NW 
072331Z 0800/0824 22005KT P6SM SKC FM080800 19004KT P6SM SCT025 FM081400 17006KT P6SM SCT040
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Rostraver Airport 724-379-6980
no information available

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FS 
SS 
100LL 
$4.50 
$4.20 
Jet A 
$4.25 
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 Updated 27-Aug-2009
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SS=Self service
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Rostraver Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Rostraver Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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Hotels near Rostraver Airport

Miles Price ($)
COMFORT INN BELLE VERNON 4.6 110-111

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Rostraver Airport

5 in West Mifflin
1 in Irwin
7 in New Stanton
1 in West Homestead
7 in Monroeville
1 in Mount Pleasant
8 in Greensburg
2 in Bridgeville
52 in Pittsburgh
1 in Carnegie
3 in Canonsburg
 

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