FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | W42 |
Lat/Long: | 39-30-04.7650N 076-24-40.8050W 39-30.079417N 076-24.680083W 39.5013236,-76.4113347 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 460 ft. / 140 m (estimated) |
Variation: | 10W (1985) |
From city: | 1 mile S of FALLSTON, MD |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 21047 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 06/1960 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | WASHINGTON CENTER |
FSS: | LEESBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | DCA (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | UNATNDD IF ATTENDENT NOT PRESENT DURG DALGT HOURS CALL 410-877-9889. |
Wind indicator: | yes |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | NSTD LIRL AVAILABLE TO BASED AIRCRAFT W/PRIOR NOTICE. FOR NSTD LIRL RY 04/22 CTC AMGR 410-877-9889. |
Airport Communications
CTAF: | 122.9 |
WX AWOS-3PT at 0W3 (10 nm NE): | 132.725 (667-340-6003) |
WX AWOS-3PT at MTN (11 nm S): | 124.925 (410-682-8848) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
BALr041/23.0 | | BALTIMORE VORTAC | | 115.10 | | 11W |
EMIr097/26.3 | | WESTMINSTER VORTAC | | 117.90 | | 08W |
LRPr197/37.5 | | LANCASTER VOR/DME | | 117.30 | | 09W |
DQOr264/38.7 | | DUPONT VORTAC | | 114.00 | | 10W |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
ELLICOTT | | 064/21.3 | | 371 | | 11W | | FND | ..-. -. -.. |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL 100LL:IF NO ONE PPRESENT DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS CALL 410-877-9889. |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | NONE |
Powerplant service: | NONE |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 4/22
Dimensions: | 2200 x 50 ft. / 671 x 15 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in poor condition CRACKING, FOD POSS. |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | non-standard RY 04/22 NSTD LIRL; TWO THLD LGTS EACH SIDE & 300 FT EDGE LGT SPACING. |
| RUNWAY 4 | | RUNWAY 22 |
Latitude: | 39-29.919667N | | 39-30.239167N |
Longitude: | 076-24.790667W | | 076-24.569500W |
Elevation: | 460.0 ft. | | 460.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 038 magnetic, 028 true | | 218 magnetic, 208 true |
Displaced threshold: | 315 ft. | | 230 ft. |
Markings: | basic, in fair condition | | basic, in fair condition |
Obstructions: | 81 ft. trees, 1200 ft. from runway, 169 ft. right of centerline, 12:1 slope to clear RY 04 HAS +10 FT ROAD 45 FT FM THLD. | | 79 ft. trees, 1369 ft. from runway, 216 ft. left of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear +15 FT ACCESS ROAD AT THLD; +25 FT BLDG, 137 FT L OF APCH NMRS. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Privately-owned |
Owner: | FALLSTON AIRPORT & FLYING SERVICE 711 RECKORD RD FALLSTON, MD 21047 Phone 410-877-9889 FULL OWNER NAME: FALLSTON AIRPORT & FLYING SERVICE, INC. |
Manager: | SHARON MILLS AND MICHAEL MILLS 711 RECKORD RD FALLSTON, MD 21047 Phone 410-877-9889 ALTERNATE EMERGENCY PHONE (410) 808-3289 |
Additional Remarks
- | ARPT CLSD DUSK-0900 DAILY. |
- | DEER & WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT. |
- | FOR CD CTC POTOMAC APCH AT 866-429-5882. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at W42.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KEDG - Weide Army Heliport (Aberdeen Proving Ground) (9 nm SE)
0W3 - Harford County Airport (10 nm NE)
KMTN - Martin State Airport (11 nm S)
KAPG - Phillips Army Airfield (11 nm E)
KBWI - Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (23 nm SW)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo taken 14-Oct-2016
looking north.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 20-Jul-2025
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:25 | | 09:25 |
Sunrise | | 05:56 | | 09:56 |
Sunset | | 20:28 | | 00:28 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:59 | | 00:59 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 20-Jul-2025 14:08:14 |
Local (UTC-4) | 20-Jul-2025 10:08:14 |
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METAR |
KMTN 11nm S | 201359Z 00000KT 8SM HZ SCT012 BKN018 BKN065 A2987
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KDMH 16nm SW | 201353Z AUTO 28/23 A2987 RMK AO1 SLP114 T02830233
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TAF |
KMTN 11nm S | 201136Z 2012/2112 00000KT P6SM SCT015 BKN150 FM201300 26006KT P6SM SCT020 BKN040 FM201700 27012G20KT P6SM VCSH SCT040 BKN120 FM210000 28005KT P6SM FEW050 BKN200
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NOTAMs |
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