Carroll County Regional Airport

Jack B. Poage Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCarroll County
LocationWestminster, Maryland
Elevation AMSL789 ft / 240 m
Coordinates39°36′30″N 077°00′28″W / 39.60833°N 77.00778°W / 39.60833; -77.00778
Websitehttps://carrollcountyregionalairport.com/
Map
DMW is located in Maryland
DMW
DMW
Location of airport in Maryland / United States
DMW is located in the United States
DMW
DMW
DMW (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 5,100 1,554 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations153,690
Based aircraft143

Carroll County Regional Airport (ICAO: KDMW, FAA LID: DMW), also known as Jack B. Poage Field, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Westminster, in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The airport is owned by Carroll County Board of Commissioners. It is designated as a reliever airport for the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI).[1][2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Carroll County Regional Airport is assigned DMW by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA due to the small size of the airport and its main use being general aviation.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Carroll County Regional Airport covers an area of 475 acres (192 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (16/34) measuring 5,100 x 100 ft (1,554 x 30 m).[1] The airport also has a flight school called Dream Flight School.

For the 12-month period ending May 2, 2006, the airport had 153,690 aircraft operations, an average of 421 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% air taxi and <1% military. There are 143 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single engine, 10% multi-engine, 4% jet aircraft and 1% helicopters.[1]

There are currently no plans to bring commercial service to the airport. The nearest airport with commercial service is Baltimore BWI airport, serving flights to many US cities and with a few flights to/from Europe.

The airport does not have air traffic control.

Amenities

The airport is near MD-97. It is also located in the vicinity of Carroll County Pond. It is near a populated area of Carroll County.

Fatal airshow accident

On September 23, 1990, 62-year-old pilot Jack B. Poage was killed when his red-and-white Pitts S-2B crashed into a grassy field near the main runway of the airport after he failed to leave enough altitude to recover from a flat-spin maneuver during his plane stunt. The field where he crashed was later named after him in his honor.[4] The crash was caught on camera by a witness.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for DMW PDF, effective 2007-07-05
  2. ↑ Carroll County Regional Airport (official site)
  3. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KDMW - Westminster, Maryland (Carroll County Regional Airport)
  4. ↑ "Stunt flight turns into disaster Veteran pilot crashes, dies before thousands at air show". 24 September 1990.


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